Researchers find rising levels of hypertension in older Mexican-Americans

Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 14:33 in Health & Medicine

A new study reveals that the prevalence of hypertension in older Mexican-Americans living in the Southwestern United States has increased slightly in the last decade. Researchers suspect the rise is due, in part, to the increase in diabetes and obesity.

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