System That Regulates Blood Pressure Is Amiss In Some Healthy, Young African-Americans
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - 10:35
in Health & Medicine
When stress increases blood pressure, a natural mechanism designed to bring it down by excreting more salt in the urine doesn't work well in about one-third of healthy, African-American adolescents, researchers report.
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