Lifetime of stress takes toll on cardiovascular health of Black Americans

Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — Structural inequities and systemic racism in the United States has had long-term implications for marginalized racial and ethnic groups. Black Americans, in particular, experience higher rates of hypertension and cardiovascular disease-related mortality than their White counterparts in part because of their greater exposure to stress across the life… Continue reading Lifetime of stress takes toll on cardiovascular health of Black Americans