Search Tag: Black Americans

2024 20 Jun

  A new report titled "Excess Cardiovascular Mortality Among Black Americans 2000-2022: A Report Card" highlights the inequities in cardiovascular care, emphasising the years of life lost within the Black community due to higher cardiovascular disease death rates. The report is published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). The...Read more

2024 14 May

  According to a new study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Duke University School of Medicine, a genetic variant carried by 3-4% of self-identified Black Americans increases the risk of heart failure and death, leading to a significant decrease in population longevity.    While the association between the V142I variant and...Read more