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As terrifying as the COVID-19 pandemic has been, especially for communities of color, who are disproportionately affected by the virus, heart disease still remains the greatest risk to Black people particularly Black women. Cardiovascular disease is still the number one killer of women, and Black women are dying from heart disease andtarget= blank rel= noreferrer noopener aria-label= Go Red For Women (opens in a new tab) >Go Red For Women reports that a mere 36 percent of Black women actually know that heart disease is their greatest health risk. Collectively, we need to raise this number fast.
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The more a woman knows about heart disease, the better chance she has of beating it. The first facts you need to know are very serious: Heart disease and stroke cause 1 in 3 deaths among women each year – more than all cancers combined. Fortunately, we can change that because 80 percent of cardiac and stroke events may be prevented with education and action.
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DALLAS, Dec. 16, 2020 Significant racial disparities exist in heart-related problems among pregnant and postpartum women in the United States, with Black women having the highest risk of several serious complications, according to research published today in the
Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association. Clinicians should be aware of the cardiovascular risks associated with pregnancy that, although not common, can result in serious illness and death. Women at increased risk for heart disease should be closely monitored during and even after pregnancy, said Samir R. Kapadia, M.D., senior author of the study and chair of the department of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.