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What you need to know about hypertension in African Americans
Hypertension is more common in African American people than in those of other racial groups in the United States.
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Alana Biggers, M.D., MPH
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Here’s Why Black People Are More Likely to Experience Heart Failure
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Sara Gaynes Levy
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Race-Based Prescribing for Black People with High Blood Pressure Shows No Benefit
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Linda Apeles
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Discrimination, high blood pressure, and health disparities in African Americans
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Chester Hedgepeth, III, MD, PhD
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Black women ages 20-50 are twice as likely to have high blood pressure than White women, says new study
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Melissa Rudy
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Barbershop-Based Healthcare Study Lowers High Blood Pressure in African-American Men
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Sally Stewart
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African Gene Theory' Is a Myth, and It's Harming Black Men's Heart Health
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ROZALYNN S. FRAZIER
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