A sham-controlled trial in this progressive, often debilitating disease showed patients treated with a radiofrequency device had longer 6-minute walk times and other benefits.
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Deborah L. Crabbe (left), Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM) has been approved for a $35,000 funding award to provides mentorship and research training to medical trainees from under-represented groups. Sabrina Islam (right), Assistant Professor of Medicine at Temple University will serve as the co-lead on the Edna Kynett Foundation award. (Courtesy of Temple University.)
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for all Americans. But Black Americans, particularly Black women, have the worst outcomes when it comes to cardiovascular health, says Dr. Deborah Crabbe of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Deaths from heart disease are higher in Black Americans than in their white counterparts, and heart disease develops at a younger age in African Americans. Nearly 48% of African American women and 44% of African American men have some form of heart disease.