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There’s growing evidence that Black heart failure patients are less likely to get advanced therapies than White patients. A study published Wednesday in the journal Circulation: Heart Failure ...
But for reasons that aren’t fully understood, you’re less likely to get AFib if you’re Asian, Black ... white, it looks like the odds of AFib are higher even when you don’t have other ...
Black patients are 15% less likely to receive palliative care than white patients who have similar heart ailments. Palliative care focuses on providing relief from pain and other symptoms of a ...
Compared to an overall rate of 184 heart disease deaths per 100,000 people in the U.S., Black Georgians die at a rate of 207 per 100,000 people, with white Georgians dying at a rate of 185 per ...
Black people in the United States have lower rates of heart disease than white people. But they tend to develop it earlier and have worse outcomes. Socioeconomic factors and higher rates of ...
Heart disease silently stalks ... By age 55, approximately 75 percent of Black men have high blood pressure, compared to about 55 percent of white men. This earlier onset provides more time ...
heart disease, diabetes, and HIV. But the disparity between deaths among Black and white Americans has widened for accidents, heart disease, stroke, and assaults. COVID-19, housing insecurity ...
Black infants with congenital heart disease are 40% more likely to die in the first year of life than white infants with congenital heart disease, according to research presented during the ...
Heart disease is a leading cause of death in women, but its symptoms can often be overlooked or misunderstood. For Black women, the risks are heightened due to factors such as health disparities ...