Nation's heart health success story not written for everyone
Apr 3, 2024
Cardiovascular health gains of the past 30 years went largely to people with higher incomes, creating wide inequities between rich and poor, new research finds.
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Social factors may affect cardiovascular risk differently among Asian American adults
Apr 3, 2024
The risk factors for heart attacks and strokes among Asian American adults may be influenced at varying degrees by employment, housing and other social factors, new research finds.
Heart disease, stroke risk may be higher in certain neighborhoods
Mar 27, 2024
Residents of neighborhoods with more environmental and social problems had higher rates of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors than people in less disadvantaged areas, new research finds.
Social and economic hardships in childhood may alter gut bacteria in Hispanic adults
Mar 18, 2024
Low socioeconomic status during childhood may affect the type of bacteria found in the gut of Hispanic adults, new research suggests.
More than half of American Indian teens and young adults have high cholesterol
Mar 8, 2024
Despite many young American Indians having high cholesterol – a risk factor for heart disease and stroke – few are receiving treatment to lower it, new research shows.
At 97, AHA's first Black president looks back at his pioneering career
Feb 28, 2024
Dr. Edward Cooper's legacy includes upping the emphasis on stroke and inclusion with the American Heart Association – plus a family filled with doctors.
The intersection of race, ethnicity and health in Afro Latino communities
Feb 21, 2024
Studies often lump all Hispanic people together, which experts say has masked racial health disparities among Afro Latino people.
From anthropology to civil rights, Dr. William Montague Cobb's influence went beyond medicine
Feb 8, 2024
Dr. William Montague Cobb died in 1990, but his legacy lives on in medicine, anthropology and the battle against racial disparities in health care.
What Hispanic people – and everyone – should know about clinical trials
Jan 22, 2024
The underrepresentation of Hispanic people in clinical trials poses a barrier to health equity, say experts who answer five common questions about clinical research.
Women, Black men less likely to receive lifesaving heart failure treatments
Jan 3, 2024
Treatments for an advanced type of heart failure, including heart transplants, are not prescribed equitably despite increases in access, new research shows.