
Heart attacks don’t always come with dramatic chest-clutching pain—especially not in women. While media portrayals often focus on sharp, crushing chest discomfort as the hallmark symptom, reality tells a different and more complex story for women. Understanding these differences could mean the difference between life and death. Heart disease remains the number one killer of American women, according to the American Heart Association. Yet, the symptoms are often subtle, misinterpreted, or dismissed...