The health care system has a lot of biases that are baked right in, but that’s far from the only issue.
. These factors can help your doctor evaluate whether you’re at an increased risk of heart problems in general, Dr. Khan says, and nearly all of them disproportionately affect communities of color in some way, per the AHA.high blood pressure and diabetes, for example, are so prevalent in Black communities. Does it come back to genetics? Societal factors? “It’s very hard to separate the reasons out because they are very interconnected,” Dr. Khan says.
It’s an encouraging start, but there’s more to be done, starting with a concerted effort to include people of color in heart failure research. “When we see clinical trials published on new heart failure therapies, they should really include lots of Black and brown patients, because they’re the ones who are most likely to be hospitalized and are most likely to die,” Dr. Morris says.
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