Study: Gender gap remains for heart attack care

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 12/08/2008 - 16:11

NEW YORK (AP) -- Women hospitalized with heart attacks still don't get the treatment they need and are more likely to die than men if they suffer a massive heart attack, a new study of U.S. hospitals shows....

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