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Women Get Diagnosed With Anxiety, Depression When They Actually Have Heart Problems

What: A profile of two women, one elderly and one pregnant, who had serious signs of cardiovascular problems dismissed by health care providers. Even more enraging? “Dr. Philip Adamson, chief medical officer of Abbott’s Heart Failure Division, said women are often diagnosed with anxiety or depression when they are short of breath or experience fatigue — when the true culprit is heart failure.”

Why it matters: As we write often – heart disease is the number one cause of death of women in America.

Source: Fox News

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