Disparities Identified in Post Heart Attack Treatment Between Women and Men A new report, The Health of America Report, just released in September by Blue Cross/Blue Shield discusses shocking sex differences in cardiac care after MI. The press release states that “women receive fewer aggressive treatments after a heart attack than men, a pattern that emerges […]
Cardiology, disparities, heart, heart attack, heart disease
It Pays to Invest in Womens Health Reprinted from UNWomen.Org (February 2012) Michelle Bachelet, UN Women Executive Director, has joined a new research project on the economic benefits of investing in womens health. The Norwegian-led research will build on existing studies that refer to the positive “ripple effects for families and communities when women’s […]
disparities, Women's Health
Factors Associated With the Prevalence of Hypertension in the Southeastern US Insights From 69 211 Blacks and Whites in the Southern Community Cohort Study Uchechukwu K.A. Sampson; Todd L. Edwards, PhD; Eiman Jahangir; Heather Munro, MS; Minaba Wariboko; Mariam G. Wassef; Sergio Fazio; George A. Mensah; Edmond K. Kabagambe; William J. Blot; Loren Lipworth
Cardiology, disparities, hypertension, stroke
