Race, drugs, and heart failure
Studies have been ongoing re Heart Failure (HF) and the increase in the general poplulation...from "1979 until 2001 the death rate had increased 155%". An increase in black males with HF was also noted - it was 40% more than in white males.
Originally published: July 1, 2005
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