Low-Income Seniors More Likely To Develop Heart Failure

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The risk of heart failure appears to be higher among low-income seniors even those with a college education according to research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham presented during the 2011 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. "Lower education may not matter if a person is able to maintain a high income in later years," said Ali Ahmed, M.D., professor of medicine in the Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, and senior investigator of the first study to link low income with an increased risk of heart failure...
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