American Heart Association
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
Black adults are substantially more likely than white adults to develop high blood pressure by age 55, found a study that followed nearly 4,000 people for 30 years. High blood pressure is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke, and the findings may provide […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
Sickle cell disease increases the risk of stroke for African Americans – but recent research shows carrying the genetic trait for sickle cell doesn’t.
It’s a new layer on the study and treatment of these inherited conditions affecting red blood cells, and experts say it should […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
Daily stressors are associated with poor health behaviors that put African-American adults at greater risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study finds.
The results suggest that primary care doctors, cardiologists and other health care providers should ask their patients about stress to help them […]
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Testing blood for a biological marker called suPAR could help better assess the risk of death among African-Americans with Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.
SuPAR, or soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor, is a protein marker that indicates inflammation in the blood. Scientists have […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
Doctors and African-American communities are obligated to learn more about heart valve disease and the lifesaving procedures available to treat it, according to a report from the Association of Black Cardiologists.
“It is incumbent upon us as health care providers [to] do a better job educating […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
African-American adults who smoke are at higher risk of being hospitalized with heart failure than those who used to smoke or have never smoked, a new study shows.
For people who smoke, the results “should add more fuel to the discussion” about quitting, said the study’s […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
Ryan Dunn said he always noticed a common issue as a social entrepreneur helping children in Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina: Sugar was everywhere but healthy options were scarce.
“You see these kids going to school every day with a [soda and candy] bar and then […]
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While heart disease and stroke — and deaths from those diseases — have declined in the United States in recent decades, those advances have not been shared equally in the African-American community. A panel of experts has been trying to find out why.
The result is […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
As the Great Recession left the U.S. economy in turmoil, the financial crisis also delivered a blow to the health of African-American teens, a new study finds.
The risk of metabolic syndrome, a common cluster of risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, was found to be […]
By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
Montoya Taylor, M.D., attended medical school at Brown University in the mid-2000s and heard a lot about an influential study in the small town of Framingham, Massachusetts. Now spanning three generations of mostly white participants, the Framingham Heart Study is largely responsible for the current […]
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