Search Tag: socioeconomic status
Sleep-disturbances-socioeconomic-inequalities-and-cardiovascular-disease
2019 01 Dec
Insufficient sleep is one reason why disadvantaged groups have more heart disease. That’s the finding of a study published today in Cardiovascular Research, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). People with lower socioeconomic status sleep less for a variety of reasons: they may do several jobs, work in shifts, live in noisy environments,...Read more
The-rich-do-better-after-heart-surgery
2015 27 Oct
According to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology , survival after cardiac surgery is dependant in part on the income of the patient. People living in the lower socio-economic bracket have higher mortality risk mainly due to a higher burden of cardiovascular disease but because the association between income and...Read more