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Anxiety Symptoms In Women

Study: Women's heart symptoms often mistaken for anxiety

October 22, 2008
Though heart disease is a leading cause of death in women, scientists have found that many women's heart symptoms are often attributed to anxiety and left untreated. In a new study, investigators found that when doctors examine patients who are stressed out and exhibit symptoms of heart disease, they are more prone to attribute the symptoms to anxiety if the patient is a woman. The researchers said that their findings may explain why women frequently don't receive prompt treatment for heart prob... Read more »
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Expert & Community Posts

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Anxiety During Pregnancy
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...help. Exercise has also been found to help reduce symptoms of anxiety, however, you should talk... Read more »

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Hormones and Anxiety
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...any significant difference in anxiety symptoms. The symptoms of anxiety do not seem to either... Read more »

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Hormones and Mood - Before You Seek Out an Antidepressant or Sleep Pill, Consider Progesterone
By Sandy Greenquist , Health Expert

...average of 5 years. For the 2 years surrounding a woman's final period, her risk of... Read more »

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Two Critical External Triggers of Anxiety: Overstimulation and Understimulation (Triggers Part IV)
By Jennifer L. Fee, Psy.D. Psychologist , Health Expert

...When I was in high school I worked for an amazing woman who could multi-task and not miss a... Read more »

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Out of the Blue to Blue's Clues: Finding Clues for Your Anxiety Triggers (Part I)
By Jennifer L. Fee, Psy.D. Psychologist , Health Expert

...occurring. In other words, if you can experience physical symptoms of anxiety without being... Read more »

Health Guide

Anxiety Disorders: Diagnosis
...Effects. Many drugs, including some for high blood pressure, diabetes, and thyroid disorders, can produce symptoms of anxiety. Withdrawal from certain drugs, often those used to treat sleep... Read more »
Menopause: Symptoms
...are most likely to be a combination of sleeplessness, hormonal swings, and psychologic factors as a woman undergoes this intense passage in her life. Once a woman has reached a menopausal state,... Read more »
Premenstrual Syndrome: Symptoms
Nearly every woman at some point has some symptoms as menstruation approaches. For about half of these women, symptoms are mild and do not affect normal daily life. The other half report... Read more »
Urinary Incontinence Risk Factors
...pack a day).Obesity. Being overweight is a major risk factor for all types of incontinence. The more a woman weighs, the greater her risk.Medical Factors in Older Women. Urge incontinence is more... Read more »
Anxiety Disorders: Medications
...(Tenormin), block the nerves that stimulate the heart to beat faster. They affect only the physiologic symptoms of anxiety and are most helpful for phobias, particularly performance anxiety.... Read more »

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