Higher education shown to lower blood pressure among African Americans
You've heard the benefits of a college degree before, but new research suggests that there's a healthful one, too. According to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, education trumps genetics as a predictor of high blood pressure in African Americans. The study, published in the August 2012 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, examined data from nearly 3,700 white and African-American adults participating in the Family Blood Pressure Program Study and found that among African-American participants, each year of education was associated with a 0.51 mmHg drop in blood pressure. Read the full story
