Geographic Factor

In the U.S. since 2010, the overall decline in premature cardiac death slowed, but there were significant state-to-state, socioeconomic and demographic differences, researchers reported.

Research published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society highlighted significant geographic variation in the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease in the United States.

Mobile stroke units operating in the densely populated area of Manhattan, New York, can reduce the dispatch-to-thrombolysis time by 30 minutes compared with patients transported via conventional ambulance, and patients have a shorter average ride.