African Americans and Heart Disease.doi:10.1093/hsw/hlx033PatriciaGuy-WallsJodyGLongOxfordHealth & Social Work
Dr. Karla Robinsonexplained that heart disease is very broad, “It can range from heart attacks. It can range from congestive heart failure and sudden cardiac arrest.” As a result of the diseases previously mentioned, the heart can go into sudden cardiac arrest and an individual would need C...
heart disease which accounts for 23.9 % of all deaths in theUnited Statesand heart disease is the nation's leading cause of death among Hispanic adults. In 2015, approximately 85.6 million or more which is greater than 1 in 3 adults in the United States are diagnosed with at least one ...
February is American Heart Month and Black History Month. In recognition of these celebratory months, it is important to highlight howheart disease disproportionately affects African American women and men. According to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leadin...
In interviews with Reuters, seven obesity and heart disease specialists from various parts of the United States said their prescriptions for the Novo Nordisk drug have been denied repeatedly by the healthcare companies that administer Medicare drug benefits, with some prescriptions approved...
Heart disease is the leading killer of Americans, but it kills more women than men. The American Heart Association says heart disease and other (心血管的) (36) kill about 500,000 women a year. That is more than the next seven causes of death (37) . In general, women are less likely...
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in African Americans. However, there is a paucity of studies assessing genetic determinants of CHD in African Americans. We examined the association of published variants in CHD loci with incident CHD, attempted to fine ma...
Heart disease, the leading killer of Americans, doesn't just suddenly happen.I takes many years to develop(发展), and yourrisk increases (增加) with your age.Itturns outtha young adults(成人) are helpfulo improve ther parents'hearthealth, so young adults should live with their parent instead...
Only people of Japanese American and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander descent are not experiencing a faster rise in heart disease rates, according to findings presented this month at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in Chicago. The research is considered preliminary until full re...
South Asians are more likely to die of heart disease, such as heart attacks and strokes caused by atherosclerosis—the disease process that narrows arteries—than East Asians and non-Hispanic whites living in the United States, according to a new scienti