African Americans or Caucasians: Who are More Prone to Stroke? »
Posted By WikiMap 4 months ago in NewsStroke occurs when there is a functional abnormality in the brain meaning there is a poor blood supply in some part of the brain or there is a blood clot that block the artery in the brain. Stroke is the primary brain disorder in the United States and in the world.
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calitennflo4 months ago
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We are all human...and being a endo-european / white...puts me in the 30 year catagory with the Africans as soon as I am wise to the government in Washington.
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caucasian - a non-scientific term invented by German physician Johann Blumenbach in 1795 to describe light-skinned people from Europe (and, originally, from western Asia and North Africa as well) whom Blumenbach mistakenly thought came from the Caucasus Mountains. The term became synonymous with "white."
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Mutainia4 months ago
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I've heard that the tribes in Africa are very diverse. You've got Tutsies, Hutus, Pygmies and even ostrich people, and, they are as different as white is from black. I'm thinking it's a cultural thing that causes strokes and what not. I've discovered recently that salt is really the number one reason MY blood pressure was killer high after so many years. Being the case, I'd like to know what rate of stroke is taking place in Korea, than say, China, being that Koreans eat a LOT of pickled food with high salt content.
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jimdoze4 months ago
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Does Europe have a population of African-Americans who have never been to America? Perhaps the African-Americans who have resided their entire lives in London have a genetically lower probability of stroke than Caucasians? Or, perhaps the acquisition of an English accent helps to prevent stroke?
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I think one could get a bloodclot on the brain from tiptoeing the dance of political correctness. -
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judge19424 months ago
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Quackpot, that is not true, in Medical testing regarding race we use DNA, we do not use the color of one's skin, but their DNA, From DNA testing we can tell the exact percentage of the DNA that would belong to someone who's race evolved from a certain region. It is very exact. I think the way your thinking of race is more of a sociological truth than a medical one.
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jamalihess4 months ago
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everyone is so afraid of political correctness..or having
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jessie jackson on their a.. that they go out of their way
to say what should of been said..
are blacks or whites more prone to have strokes....
african american is a stupid name..none of them are from africia at least not in the last 3oo years.. they are black
americans..people from africa are africin americans, people
from mexico are mexican american..
but what ever the blacks want they get..we dont want them
rioting or looting or shooting anyone. so we play this game
with them...i say fu.. them. go back to africa..if you dont
like it here. or dont like to be called black...-
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Alliebaby4 months ago
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Go back to Africa?
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like you said they are black Americans..
so they can't go "back" to some place they've never been, Jackass..
In your attempt to sound intelligent.. YOU FAIL..
I would say "go back" to school, but it seems as though you have never been...Have a good evening!
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judge19424 months ago
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I don't know why this was brought up, but all one has to do is look this up in the JAMA or The Journal of the American Medical Association. African Americans are more likely to suffer heart problems, including stroke than Caucasians,Asians and Latino's.
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judge19424 months ago
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it should also be noted that African's have not been proven to be more likely to have cardiovascular or neurological problems, It is thought by some that on the slave ships the slaves that survived had a better ability to hang onto sodium making them more likely to make the trip alive. This is simply a theory and not my theory. Although I hope this topic was brought up for the sake of knowledge rather than a less noble reason.
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judge19424 months ago
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Quackpot, that is not true, in Medical testing regarding race we use DNA, we do not use the color of one's skin, but their DNA, From DNA testing we can tell the exact percentage of the DNA that would belong to someone who's race evolved from a certain region. It is very exact. I think the way your thinking of race is more of a sociological truth than a medical one.
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dxxy4u4 months ago
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I'm glad this thread came up. Both races just as susceptible as the other at this stage of the game. Both eat the same OVER Sodium laden process foods. Nicotine is the "Fall Guy", but Sodium (table salt)kills more people per year than Nicotine. Obama named five illnesses that ranks high on the Health issue. Three of them are directly linked to high sodium intake. Only ONE to Nicotine. Blacks eats entirely too much Pork and salt. There high rate of strokes are directly related to that, and not race. If a white person eats the same foods blacks eats daily, there rate of strokes will be the same. When you go shopping, look in a Black's cart, and then look in a White's cart, and you'll see what I,m talking about. Whites eats more nutritional foods than blacks. And this is the difference, not race.
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dxxy4u4 months ago
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Rather than jacking up the cost on cigarettes, the FDA should be looking at how much Sodium these food processors put in their foods. Entirely too much. Salt should be banned from all fast food restaurants. And other foods should have no more than 220mg of sodium. Then you will see a drop in all kinds of illnesses. Sodium is KILLING us, that's where the Health Profession and the FDA should be focusing their attention.
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