Article: High BP: how Hispanic patients are different; Researchers are turning up important findings as they intensify their study of the largest and fastest-growing immigrant group in the United States.(blood pressure)(opinions of Luisa N. Borrell and Olveen Carrasquillo)(Interview)

When it comes to hypertension, many Hispanics are different from other Americans. These differences have generated so much attention among experts that the American Society of Hypertension devoted a half-day session to Hispanics at its recent annual meeting in New York City. To bring all the latest clinically significant information together for you, we interviewed two leaders in the field--Luisa N. Borrell, DDS, PhD, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Columbia University in New York City, and Olveen Carrasquillo, MD, MPH, director of the Columbia Center for Health of Urban Minorities. Here's what they had to say.

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