Drs Larry Sperling and Karol Watson discuss health equity and social determinants of health for populations with dyslipidemia.
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Resources
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Use of Risk Assessment Tools to Guide Decision-Making in the Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000638
New AMA Policies Recognize Race as a Social, Not Biological, Construct https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/new-ama-policies-recognize-race-social-not-biological-construct
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Heart and Cerebrovascular Disease Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8191372/