(BlackDoctor.org) -- While it’s been estimated that the number of African Americans seeing riper, older ages will increase by 102 percent by ... Read More
Heart Health
What’s The Difference Between Good Fat & Bad Fat?
(BlackDoctor.org) -- All fats aren’t bad, and in order to lower your cholesterol levels and cut down your risk of heart disease, it isn’t ... Read More
What Every Black Woman Should Know About Heart Disease
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Almost 400,000 women die of heart disease in the United States each year, and a large percentage of them are black ... Read More
Implanted Defibrillators Found Cost-Effective
Implanting defibrillators in high-risk patients not only saves lives but makes good financial sense, researchers have concluded. In an ... Read More
Your Heart Is An Amazing Organ
(BlackDoctor.org) Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of American men and women. But, it doesn't have to be. Heart failure affects some ... Read More
Understanding Heart Failure
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Heart failure does not mean the heart has stopped working. Rather, it means that the heart's pumping power is weaker ... Read More
The Facts About Heart Disease
(BlackDoctor.org) With heart disease accounting for, or being a major factor in almost half of all deaths in America, it’s more than ... Read More
Stroke
More than 2,400 years ago the father of medicine, Hippocrates, recognized and described stroke-the sudden onset of paralysis. Until ... Read More
Special Procedures
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Doctors sometimes need to do a special procedure to improve blood flow to the heart muscle when the heart’s artery, or ... Read More
Angina: Get Facts on Pain and Treatment
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Ease the pain in your chest by paying closer attention to your coronary arteries. According to research or ... Read More
Heart Murmurs: What Are They And What To Do About Them
The heart is a muscle about the size of your fist. It works like a pump and beats about 100,000 times a day. It's of course vital to every ... Read More
Are Heart Failure Drug For Blacks A Good Idea
The First heart failure drug geared specifically to blacks not only improves survival and reduces hospitalization rates among patients, but ... Read More