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The Skeptics Guide #847 - Oct 2 2021

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Is There Still a Male Algorithm in Heart Attacks?

The idea of what a typical heart attack patient is was developed 80 years ago and based on a typical male heart attack. Women present more frequently than men with non s t elevation, miocardial and farction, have a typical symptoms. More ly have none. It's because it's so entrenched that the word typical in this context literally applies to men's symptoms. We tend to be overly influenced by the demon of the typicality thing. And if something is typical we tend to overestimate its prevalence. Oe for example, an average presentation of a very common illness could actually be orders of magnitude more likely than a typical presentation of a rare illness. Oh, but we miss that

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