Research highlights the health disparities in women of color with PCOS.
Mental Health Check-up and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
Women with PCOS are more likely to suffer from mental health disorders and should be screened for mental health disorders recent research reported.
Women with PCOS are more likely to suffer from mental health disorders and should be screened for mental health disorders recent research reported.
Kazemi pointed out that most PCOS research has focused on white women. She conducted a systematic review of all data available on heart disease, diabetes and stroke (together called cardiometabolic disease) risk to determine health disparities between Black and white women with PCOS in the US. The review included a total of 2,851 women (652 Black and 2,199 white) from 11 studies.
Findings revealed that PCOS affected Black women have a poorer cardiometabolic risk profile than white women. Even though Black women had lower triglyceride levels than whit women. they had higher insulin levels, more insulin resistance and increased blood pressure, all diabetes risk factors.
Newly Discovered Hormone May Aid Accurate Diagnosis of PCOS in Teenagers
Measuring the levels of hormone irisin may aid in accurate diagnosis of PCOS, an endocrine disorder, and help avoid unnecessary treatment in healthy teenagers.
Measuring the levels of hormone irisin may aid in accurate diagnosis of PCOS, an endocrine disorder, and help avoid unnecessary treatment in healthy teenagers.
She adds that the results can help improve sensitivity of clinical assessments in Black women in order to avoid the underestimation of cardiovascular risk in women with PCOS.
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Racial Disparities Continue for Black Women Seeking Heart Health Care, Says Study
Postmenopausal black women were 50 percent less likely and Hispanic women were 16 percent less likely to be treated when they arrived at a hospital with heart attack or coronary artery disease symptoms when compared to white women.
Postmenopausal black women were 50 percent less likely and Hispanic women were 16 percent less likely to be treated when they arrived at a hospital with heart attack or coronary artery disease symptoms when compared to white women.
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Black Women at a Greater Risk of Developing Lupus, Study
Young black women are at a much greater risk of getting affected by lupus during their childbearing years than white women, a new study revealed
Young black women are at a much greater risk of getting affected by lupus during their childbearing years than white women, a new study revealed
