Geisinger Health System and Yale School of Medicine investigators are researching how young people recover from heart attacks through VIRGO (Variation in Recovery: Role of Gender on Outcomes in Young AMI Patients), a research project funded by the National, Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. “Young women with heart attacks have about twice the risk of dying in the hospital than men of the same age,” said Local Principal Investigator Kimberly Skelding, M.D… (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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