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The link between structural racism, high blood pressure and Black people s health
Laura Williamson, American Heart Association News
April 15, 2021
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What do they have in common?
Researchers say they are two of the biggest factors responsible for the gap in poor heart and brain health between Black and white adults in the United States. And they are inextricably linked.
Studies show high blood pressure, also called hypertension, affects Black adults – particularly women – earlier and more dramatically than their white peers. By age 55, research shows 3 of 4 Black adults have already developed the condition compared to about half of white men and 40% of white women.
Waist size may better predict AFib risk in men
Sarah Amandolare, American Heart Association News
April 15, 2021
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Body mass index may be more helpful in predicting the risk of a common type of irregular heartbeat in women, while waist size may better predict that risk in men, new research suggests.
The link between obesity and atrial fibrillation, or AFib – when the heart beats irregularly and often too fast – is well established. But researchers wanted to understand the extent to which body fat distribution might predict AFib risk among men and women.
The researchers analyzed BMI, waist circumference and electrocardiogram data gathered between 2008 and 2013 from more than 2 million older adults in the U.S. and United Kingdom who didn t have cardiovascular conditions, including heart failure and stroke. The study s lead author, Dr. Michiel Poorthuis of University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands, described it as probably the largest study of its
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Straight answers to common questions about COVID-19 vaccines
Michael Merschel, American Heart Association News
April 13, 2021
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If you ve got questions about COVID-19 vaccines, you re not the only one. Even as many people rush to get their shots, surveys show others just aren t sure about them.
Dr. Won Lee, medical director of Boston Medical Center s Home Care Program, understands. There s so much misinformation out there, she said. And it s hard for anyone to know what to believe.
Lee is part of a medical team that helps elderly homebound people. She s heard lots of concerns firsthand.
So has Heneliaka Jones, a registered nurse in the Positive Health Program at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Many of the people she encounters are in underserved groups or are marginally housed. They distrust the health care system in general and have specific concerns about the vaccine. She respects that.