When it comes to your heart health, women doctors may be better at diagnosing problems. New research by Warwick Medical School shows that a doctor’s gender may hinder early diagnosis of heart disease in women.

 Key finding of the study include:

• Despite the fact that all the patients gave case histories that should have resulted in a clear diagnosis of coronary heart disease (CHD), the results showed that doctors were significantly less certain about the diagnosis amongst women. 
• Overall, women doctors picked up more cues than male doctors (12.6 as opposed to 10.6 on average), indicating that women doctors perhaps listened more and were open to a wider set of potentially influential factors.
• The research also indicated that both male and female doctors were prone to search for more psychological explanations for a woman’s health problems. 

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