Displaying items by tag: heart health
Success of ACE inhibitors, alpha blockers, calcium channel blockers and diuretics same in women and men with hypertension; diuretic superior in reducing cardiovascular complications.
Children and teens living in the Stroke Belt states are at about twice as much risk of stroke later on in life according to new findings from the REGARDS study.
If you exercise, eat right and don’t smoke, a history of heart disease in your family can still put you at risk — even if you are a female.
Black men and women have twice the risk of fatal coronary heart disease as whites, but the disparity could be eliminated with better risk factor control.
New minimally invasive procedure to replace damaged aortic valves can help patients for whom open surgery is not an option.
UAB researchers and EMS providers are working to improve cardiac survival rates in Alabama. While still low, the rate has doubled since the effort began.
Virginia Howard, Ph.D.
Racial and geographical disparities in stroke populations • Health disparities • Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease epidemiology
George Howard, DrPH
Stroke risk factors, prevention • Heart health • Racial and geographical disparities in stroke populations • Health disparities