Disparities in Adherence; Preventive Dutasteride in Asymptomatic BPH; Antioxidants and Heart Failure; A Faster Way to Get Back to Sleep?

Women and black patients with cardiovascular disease have markedly higher mortality rates than that of white men and are less likely to undergo cardiovascular procedures, such as cardiac catheterization after acute myocardial infarction. Women also have very different patterns of adherence: Black patients are 67% more likely to stop statin therapy, for instance, and women have 10% lower odds of adhering to antihypertensive and lipid-lowering therapy.