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Some people who suffer heart attacks — especially young women — don’t realize what’s happening because they think they’re safe from the deadly ailment and the symptoms aren’t what they expected. According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, some women tend not to recognize heart attacks because they weren’t accompanied by chest pain. [More]
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