Article Source: The Denver Post

When a man senses a heart attack, it tends to begin with crushing chest pain. A woman with the same affliction may feel pain in her jaw or around the neck instead. That kind of difference in how men and women experience symptoms of the same affliction has prompted a group of mostly female doctors at the University of Colorado to begin studying gender differences in an array of ailments such as heart disease and diabetes.

"We are just starting to learn this stuff; it's pretty shocking," said Dr. Judy Regensteiner, director of the Center for Women's Health Research at the medical school in Aurora. "We need to catch up."

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