Gender Inequality

What is behind the gender gap in heart attack survival?

Registered Nurse Rebecca Moak poses for a photo in trauma center of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi October 4, 2013. Mississippi is one of at least 20 states that has decided not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, better known as "Obamacare".

Why do more women die from heart attacks? Image: REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman

Ziba Kashef
Senior Writer, Editor and Communications Consultant, Yale University Office of Public Affairs and Communications
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