THIS
THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH -- DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN IS
PROMOTING PATHWAYS TO
BETTER HEALTH FOR AFRICAN
AMERICANS.
THAT INCLUDES RAISING AWARENESS
ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF HEART DISEASE,
ESPECIALLY AMONG BLACK
WOMEN.
DOCTOR BRANDON ALLPORT-ALTILLO
IS
IS HERE
IS HERE AUSTIN, TEXAS THIS BLACK
HISTORY MONTH, DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
TEXAS AT AUSTIN IS PROMOTING
PATHWAYS TO BETTER HEALTH FOR
AFRICAN AMERICANS. THAT INCLUDES
RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF HEART DISEASE,
ESPECIALLY AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN. HERE ARE SOME OF THE TROUBLING
FACTS:
HEART DISEASE AND STROKE
KILL NEARLY 50,000 AFRICAN
AMERICAN WOMEN EVERY YEAR.
NEARLY HALF
OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN AGES
20 AND OLDER HAVE HEART
DISEASES.
ONLY 36% OF AFRICAN
AMERICAN WOMEN KNOW THAT HEART
DISEASE IS THEIR GREATEST HEALTH
RISK.
RISK. ONLY 52% OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN ARE AWARE OF THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A HEART
ATTACK.
KNOW THE RISK FACTORS
DIABETES
HIGH CHOLESTEROL
OBESITY
GENETICS ACCORDING TO
THE