The stress put upon Latinas by increased police presence in their communities, threats of deportation and shifting federal immigration law could be leading to poor cardiovascular health in minority communities across the U.S., a study published this week in Annals of Behavioral Medicine suggests.
Evidence linking deportation worries to declining mental health has piled up in recent years, but no quantitative research linking fear to cardiovascular risk existed prior to this study. READ MORE AT CARDIOVASCULAR BUSINESS
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