New Heart Attack Rules Focus on Women to Save Lives

A fresh global definition for heart attacks places women at the center to help fix past diagnosis gaps that put female patients in danger. Under the updated guidelines, heart attacks are split into three clear categories. Doctors hope this change will lead to better health results for women who often face missed or late diagnoses. Past rules failed to spot heart attack signs correctly in many women. In some cases, doctors blamed symptoms on conditions like anxiety before patients found out the truth later. Experts say this shift in how the medical community defines the condition is a major step toward safer care.