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Created: March 25, 2003
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Strong of Heart and Mind: Demand Stress Tests

Site Copyright: Jeanne Curran and Susan R. Takata and Individual Authors, March 2003.
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This essay is based on Health Matters: Though doctors may balk, stress tests are vital for women By Tara Parker-Pope, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal. March 24, 2003. At p. R 6. Backup. Backup not available online. See jeanne.

Women who express signs of heart problems to doctors are often treated as though "it's just growing old - nothing wrong with you." Not so. Check out the warning signals and demand the medical attention you need. Parker-Pope tells the story of three women who reported symptoms such as unusual fatigue, pain in the right rib cage, "tingling" in the left hand, shoulder pain.

How Do I Know? National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease Site. Check out this pdf file for some of the symptoms that may give a clue as to whether you need a stress test.

Heart Attack, Stroke & Cardiac Arrest Warning Signs American Heart Association Site.

Essay and discussion questions up soon. jeanne