Social and economic hardships in childhood may alter gut bacteria in Hispanic adults
Mar 18, 2024
Low socioeconomic status during childhood may affect the type of bacteria found in the gut of Hispanic adults, new research suggests.
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More than half of American Indian teens and young adults have high cholesterol
Mar 8, 2024
Despite many young American Indians having high cholesterol – a risk factor for heart disease and stroke – few are receiving treatment to lower it, new research shows.
At 97, AHA's first Black president looks back at his pioneering career
Feb 28, 2024
Dr. Edward Cooper's legacy includes upping the emphasis on stroke and inclusion with the American Heart Association – plus a family filled with doctors.
The intersection of race, ethnicity and health in Afro Latino communities
Feb 21, 2024
Studies often lump all Hispanic people together, which experts say has masked racial health disparities among Afro Latino people.
From anthropology to civil rights, Dr. William Montague Cobb's influence went beyond medicine
Feb 8, 2024
Dr. William Montague Cobb died in 1990, but his legacy lives on in medicine, anthropology and the battle against racial disparities in health care.
What Hispanic people – and everyone – should know about clinical trials
Jan 22, 2024
The underrepresentation of Hispanic people in clinical trials poses a barrier to health equity, say experts who answer five common questions about clinical research.
Women, Black men less likely to receive lifesaving heart failure treatments
Jan 3, 2024
Treatments for an advanced type of heart failure, including heart transplants, are not prescribed equitably despite increases in access, new research shows.
AHA News' most-read health equity stories of 2023
Dec 20, 2023
Cardiovascular disease impacts U.S. populations in different ways. These are the health equity topics readers were most interested in this year.
Social determinants of health linked to faster genetic aging
Nov 29, 2023
New research suggests epigenetic changes may partly explain why social factors affect heart health.
Exposure to metals may increase heart failure risk among American Indians
Nov 17, 2023
People with higher levels of metals in their urine may be more likely to develop heart failure, according to findings from the largest study of cardiovascular disease in American Indians.