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Article: Racism, anger raise African Americans' blood pressure.
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- Mental Health Weekly Digest
- Article date:
- November 10, 2003
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2003 NOV 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Experiencing racism in everyday life contributes around the clock to high blood pressure in African Americans, say Duke University Medical Center researchers in a study that measured blood pressure night and day.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Hypertension is more prevalent, and leads to worse outcomes, among African Americans than among whites. Genetic factors apparently are less at fault than environmental, psychological and social causes such as diet, income, education or stresses like racism.
The new study, conducted under the direction of Andrew ...