Vitamin D may lower blood pressure in African-Americans

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) High blood pressure, a risk factor for heart attacks, heart failure and stroke, is 40 percent more common in African-Americans than in other American ethnic groups. A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital shows vitamin D supplementation may help African-Americans lower their blood pressure. The study publishes online in the March 13, 2013, edition of the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/bawh-vdm031313.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 13, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news