Monday, 26 August 2013

Age, race, and gender matter when trying to reduce risk factors after heart attack

Risk factor modification efforts could help reduce the chance of another heart attack and death among the more than 15 million Americans with coronary heart disease. Yet some patients - especially women and minorities - leave the hospital with poorly managed risk factors. An article in Journal of Women's Health, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, evaluates cardiac risk factors and management strategies by age, sex, and race among 2,369 patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction. The article is available on the Journal of Women's Health website... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..


Lake forest health and fitness http://healthandfitness1blog.blogspot.com/2013/08/age-race-and-gender-matter-when-trying.html

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