By Deidre McPhillips, CNNUpdated 9:57 PM EST, Mon November 21, 2022Video Ad Feedback’Extraordinary’: Gupta amazed by biologist’s ‘ghost’ heart04:23 – Source: CNN High-density lipoprotein, or HDL, cholesterol – often referred to as the “good” cholesterol – may not be as useful in predicting the risk of heart disease and protecting against it as previously thought,...
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Death rates from tears in this major heart artery are rising, especially among women, black adults
by Laura Williamson The death rate for people who have a tear in a major artery coming out of the heart—aortic dissection—has been rising over the past decade, especially among women and Black adults, new research shows. And while death rates for women increased faster, older men continued to face an overall greater risk of...
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Black adults may be at higher risk of diabetes due to genetic variations and social health determinants
by Anna Jones, University of Alabama at Birmingham 3D-model of DNA. Credit: Michael Ströck/Wikimedia/ GNU Free Documentation License In a recent study published in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers found that, while many African Americans, especially those with a higher African ancestry proportion, have a favorable lipid profile, they are...
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COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy highest among Hispanic, Black adults in US, study shows
by Carlos Andres López, New Mexico State University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research from a New Mexico State University professor shows hesitancy toward the COVID-19 vaccine is much more prevalent among Hispanic and Black adults in the United States when compared to the overall hesitancy rate for the general American population. Jagdish Khubchandani, professor of public health...
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Stroke rate 4 times higher in Black adults than whites
KAISER PERMANENTE — Black middle-aged adults had an incidence rate of stroke 4 times higher than that of white middle-aged adults, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published March 29 in Hypertension. The large national prospective study highlights the need to raise awareness among young and middle-aged Black adults about the impact of high blood pressure,...
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Most black adults have high blood pressure before age 55
Journal of the American Heart Association Report AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION DALLAS, July 11, 2018 — Approximately 75 percent of black and men women are likely to develop high blood pressure by the age of 55, compared to 55 percent of white men and 40 percent of white women in the same age range, according to...