African-Americans with high blood pressure need treatment sooner, more aggressively
Monday, October 4, 2010 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
According to a consensus statement by the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB), high blood pressure in African-Americans is such a serious health problem that treatment should start sooner and be more aggressive. The ISHIB statement is published in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.