New heart disease screening target for middle-aged black women, finding suggests
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 - 11:21
in Health & Medicine
Middle-aged black women have higher levels of a protein in their blood associated with greater risk of heart disease than their white counterparts, even after other factors, such as obesity, are taken into consideration, according to a study. The finding suggests routine blood testing of black menopausal women may be warranted to determine their heart disease risk and potentially when to start therapies, such as aspirin and statins.