A few weeks ago my friend went to the doctor because of transient pain and shortness of breath. She was hospitalized for a few days, and thank God, all tests came back normal. The doctors explained that they are extra cautious with women because their symptoms of heart disease are atypical. I met Dr. Roy Schwartz, a medical intern, on Twitter (@diseaseaday) through my obsession with interest in swine flu. On his blog, A Disease A Day, he describes symptoms and treatments of common ailments. Because many readers are approaching the critical age I invited him to write a guest post about women and heart attacks. Heart Attacks - Are Men from Mars and Women from … [Read more...]