Black Patients Have Worse Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes
FRIDAY, Dec. 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black patients have a higher risk for 90-day readmission and mortality following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) than White patients, according to a study published online Nov. 11 in the American Heart…
Learn MoreAumentan las convulsiones graves, sobre todo entre las minorías
LUNES, 5 de diciembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Un creciente número de estadounidenses sufren unas convulsiones prolongadas y que ponen sus vidas en peligro, conocidas como estatus epiléptico, y las personas negras son el doble de propensas a experi…
Learn MoreMinority Children Less Likely to Have Surgery Than White Children
TUESDAY, Dec. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Minority children are significantly less likely to have had surgery in the prior 12 months than White children, according to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.Ethan L….
Learn MoreSevere Seizures Are Rising, Especially Among Minorities
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Growing numbers of Americans are suffering prolonged, life-threatening seizures known as status epilepticus, and Black people are nearly twice as likely to experience these seizures as white people.These are th…
Learn MoreSevere Seizures Are Rising, Especially Among Minorities
MONDAY, Dec. 5, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Growing numbers of Americans are suffering prolonged, life-threatening seizures known as status epilepticus, and Black people are nearly twice as likely to experience these seizures as white people.These are th…
Learn MoreA los pacientes negros les va peor que a los blancos tras las angioplastias y las endoprótesis
MIÉRCOLES, 30 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los adultos negros que se someten a un procedimiento común para abrir las arterias bloqueadas son readmitidos al hospital con mayor frecuencia que sus pares blancos. También es más probable que mu…
Learn MoreSubjective Cognitive Decline Tied to Incident Dementia in Black, Latinx Individuals
THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) seems to be a marker of future progression to dementia, especially among Latinx and non-Latinx Black individuals, according to a study published online Nov. 30 in Neurology….
Learn MoreBlack Patients Fare Worse Than White Patients After Angioplasty, Stents
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Black adults who undergo a common procedure to open up clogged arteries are readmitted to the hospital more often than their white peers. They’re also more likely to die in the years after treatment, a new …
Learn MoreMore Geriatric Phenotype for Black Patients Hospitalized With AMI
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 23, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Despite a younger age, Black participants hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have a more geriatric phenotype, with more functional impairments, according to a study published online Nov. 23…
Learn MoreExaminan el rol del colesterol HDL ‘bueno’ en la salud cardiaca
LUNES, 21 de noviembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Los niveles en sangre del HDL, el famoso tipo de colesterol “bueno”, quizá no hagan una gran diferencia en la salud cardiaca después de todo, en particular en las personas negras, sugiere un nuevo est…
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