Study of youth to seek origins of heart disease among African-Americans
Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 10:01
in Health & Medicine
Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health are undertaking a preliminary study to identify the early origins of heart disease among African-Americans. The new feasibility study will enroll children and grand children of participants taking part in the largest study of heart disease risk factors among African-American adults, the Jackson Heart Study (JHS), in Jackson, Miss.