Hispanic people who went to the emergency room (ER) reporting chest pain waited longer than non-Hispanic people to be treated, admitted to the hospital or discharged from the ER, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2022. The meeting was held Friday… Continue reading Inequity in The ER?
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CDC: Progress in Preventing Stroke Deaths Has Slowed
Some sobering statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about stroke, a frequently fatal condition in which blood flow to the brain is interrupted, depriving the brain of essential oxygen. After more than four decades of decline, progress has slowed in preventing stroke deaths, according to the latest Vital Signs report by… Continue reading CDC: Progress in Preventing Stroke Deaths Has Slowed