Heart attacks hit poor hardest
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 13:00
in Health & Medicine
"Frailty syndrome" is emerging in the field of public health as a powerful predictor of healthcare use and death. Now researchers have found that poor people are more than twice as likely as the wealthy to become frail after a heart attack. The findings could help doctors and policymakers improve post-heart-attack care for the poor.