And while other big cities on the West Coast like Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland also have large L.G.B.T. populations, San Francisco continues to draw people, including from nearby San Jose, which has one of the smallest shares of L.G.B.T. people among the nationâs largest metropolitan areas. 1  Photo.
In that same period, the cost of treating heart attack patients rose from about $11,000 to about $15,000. Total heart attack spending in the same period rose from $2.6 billion to $3.4 billion.
Heart failure is a cardiovascular condition affecting millions of people in the U.S. and around the world. The FDA has approved a new drug for the treatment of the disease, but it may cost roughly $4,500 a year. ( Sharon Sinclair | Flickr )