ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Black male clients in an investigation at many Los Angeles barbershops trimmed more than their hair and whiskers: They likewise brought down their circulatory strain.
Dark men have high rates of high weight and the issues it can cause, for example, strokes and heart assaults. Scientists thought barbershops were a decent place to contact them.
The examination included 300 men. Some just got wellbeing data amid hair styles while others met with drug specialists at the shops and got medications as required.
Almost 66% of the men who saw drug specialists brought down their weight to 130 more than 80. That is the edge for hypertension under new rules embraced the previous fall.
Results were accounted for Monday at a cardiology meeting in Orlando. Specialists intend to extend the undertaking to more urban communities across the country.
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