The life expectancy gap between African-Americans and whites in the U.S. has hit an all-time low. A new report shows the racial gap in life expectancy rates declined by about a year for both men and women between 2003 and 2008. The results showed the difference in life expectancy at birth between whites and African-Americans [...]
Blacks Less Likely to Receive CPR When Suffering from Heart Attack
May 14, 2012 | Posted by
African Americans who suffer from cardiac arrest in public places are less likely than whites to receive CPR. A study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania also shows that blacks are liable to go without treatment from automated external defibrillators—devices that use electrical shocks to restore the heart to a normal rhythm. AEDs [...]
