African Americans Archives - Cleveland HeartLab, Inc. https://www.clevelandheartlab.com/blog-tag/african-americans/ Cleveland HeartLab, Inc. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 22:20:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 A Hidden Heart Risk for African Americans https://www.clevelandheartlab.com/blog/hidden-heart-risk-african-americans/ Wed, 06 Jul 2016 22:20:27 +0000 http://wwwdev.clevelandheartlab.com/?post_type=x-portfolio&p=10185 It’s an unfortunate fact: Heart disease is not an equal opportunity disease. Nearly half of all African American adults have some form of cardiovascular disease, compared with just a third of all white adults in the U.S. And African Americans are 30 percent more likely to die from heart disease than non-Hispanic whites. Yet, until recently, little research has probed ...

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