Former inmates have increased risk of high blood pressure
Monday, April 13, 2009 - 15:49
in Health & Medicine
Young adults who have been incarcerated appear more likely to have high blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy, an enlarging of the heart muscle that is a common consequence of hypertension, according to a report in the April 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.