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Dr. Rachel Hardeman, Dr. Rahshana Price-Isuk, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Hennepin County Commissioner Angela Conley,, and Director of Hennepin County Public Health Sara Hollie Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among African American women in the United States, at 47% according to the National Library of Medicine. Hypertension, a major risk factor for […]
Barbara Noe Kennedy (Credit: Barbara Noe Kennedy) In the heart of what was once Britain’s largest colony in the New World, a “secret” church reveals how Black people lived and worshipped in the US’s earliest days. The peal of a church bell cuts through the humid air in Williamsburg, Virginia. It’s not just a call […]
US’s only Black cardinal, from D.C., takes part in Black History Mass Sunday at Sacred Heart in Newark The head of the Archdiocese of Newark, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, left, gives a Black History Month Jubilee Mass, with special guest Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, right, of Washington, D.C., the nation’s only Black Catholic cardinal, at […]
Advances in medical treatment for cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of death in the U.S., have helped patients live longer. But a new report finds that risk factors that lead to heart disease are still so prevalent that, on average, someone dies from heart disease or stroke every 34 seconds. Increased rates of high blood […]
A family who recently gathered on Alabama’s Gulf coast for a vacation is grieving after their patriarch reportedly died from a heart attack immediately after saving his grandson from drowning. Loved ones of 75-year-old Charles “Chuck” Graves told the Alabama news station WALA that his life’s final act vividly demonstrated how important family was to […]
Association of Black Cardiologists: Addressing Heart Health Disparities in African American Communities | NHLBI, NIH Skip to main content Source link
A woman in upstate New York was arrested on Wednesday and charged with fraudulently claiming to be a Purple Heart recipient, federal prosecutors said. The woman, Sharon Toney-Finch, 43, of Newburgh, N.Y., defrauded military charities and the Department of Veterans Affairs by lying about having received the Purple Heart, a military award given to those […]
1 hour ago The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its highest-level alert about a heart pump that has been linked to 49 deaths and 129 injuries. The Impella left sided pumps are used to temporarily support a patient’s heart during high-risk procedures or after a severe heart attack. But the regulator warned […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows Black people are a lot more likely to die of heart disease than white people. But the number of Black cardiologists in the U.S. is dangerously low – just 3% – and there’s a big push to recruit more Black students […]
By Kulleni Gebreyes, M.D., chief health equity officer for health care consulting, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and Brittani Spaulding, program officer, the Deloitte Health Equity Institute, Deloitte Services LP American Heart Month1 and Black History Month2 take place each February, and there is a profound connection between the two. While heart disease is the leading cause of […]