European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Wednesday november 16. 1994 Washington a doctors Are meshing biology and sociology to figure out Why Black americans suffer More Gigli blood pressure with worse consequences than Whites. The chief culprit they say May be chronic physically debilitating stress not Only from poverty but also from Black americans entire socioeconomic status. It s very important research and it s Long overdue said or. Elijah Saunders of the University of Maryland co founder of the International society on hypertension in Blacks. High blood pressure a major cause of heart disease strokes and kidney failure afflicts about 62 million americans. It is a huge health risk for everyone. But Lack americans get hypertension one third More often than Whites they get it earlier in life and they suffer More severe health consequences. For decades doctors have tried to figure out Why Blacks Are More at risk. Son the stars and stripes 10 year Sago nov. 1 6, 1984 the Crew of the shuttle discovery packed up for the ride Home drawing Praise from president Reagan for rescuing two marooned satellites in history s first space Salvage Mission. 20 years ago nov. 16, 1974 president Ford said the . 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World War ii 50 years ago today nov. 16 1�9 4 two american armies launch a major offensive along the German Frontier with Hopes of seizing the Fiat country North of Aachen. The . Army s 6th army div attacks toward Faul Ruemont in northeastern France. In the Philippines american soldiers Advance from Jaro in Eastern Leyte toward Oroc on the West coast. British forces meet heavy japanese resistance in Burma s Pine area. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War it Bison books corp. 1981 pension stress studied biologists Point to a poverty rate among Blacks that i twice that of the general population. But that did t explain the risk in higher income Blacks. The geneticist suggested genes but there s Only a 6 percent genetic difference Between the races As a  or. Norman Anderson of Duke University in Durham n.c., is trying to prove whether stress from lacks socioeconomic status everything from income and education to a person s neighbourhood actually gets under the  Anderson whose research prompted the National institutes of health to invest in the theory says he thinks this chronic stress incites the nervous system to release Strong amounts of a vital brain hormone called norepinephrine. That hormone causes the kidneys to slow their elimination of Salt from the body and the More sodium in the bloodstream the greater the risk of High blood pressure. Animal studies proved the hormone reaction so an Derson then studied 26 Black women on strict Low Salt diets giving them extra infusions of sodium to measure their reactions. The higher their socioeconomic status the More Salt they excreted Over 24 hours. If this holds up it could partially account for som of the differences in hypertension Anderson told a recent meeting of behavioural scientists. Hell have to prove Blacks social stress is chronically higher but already cites dozens of sociological studies that show Low income Blacks live in More violent impoverished hopeless and even polluted conditions than their White counterparts. Still his theory excited experts Al ready intrigued by last summer s discovery that Blacks veins Are less flexible and More difficult to dilate. Univer sity of Georgia researcher or. Randall Tackett speculated then that the rigidity could Stem from the reaction of the veins lining to certain hormones. Germans remember War dead sure Fly ceremony at fort Bliss National cemetery in Elpaso United states. The present Day service member took part in a Gennan Holdim Asylum weighed for some cubans at base  Mike Clary los Angeles times Washington the Clinton administration May allow thousands of cuban children and their families whore detained at the . Naval base at Grant Iamo Bay Cuba to enter the United states officials say. The move under consideration would reverse president Clinton s policy against granting Asylum to cubans who fled their Homeland on rafts and makeshift boats last summer. A trickle of cubans has arrived in Miami in recent weeks As the administration quietly permitted several dozen Chil Dren and elderly and infirm refugees to enter the United states under humanitarian exceptions to the existing policy. But the proposed policy which could be adopted within Days would allow As Many As a third of the 23,390 cubans at Grants Natino into the United states the release would apply to about 3,000 cuban children younger than 17 and their family members and caretakers at the Camps. Most Are expected to Settle permanently in the Miami area administration officials said. Clinton and attorney general Janet Reno announced in August that the raft ers would be detained indefinitely at Guantanamo and would have no Hope of entering the United states legally. This reversal of a Long standing open door policy for cuban immigrants came in response to a mass exodus from the Island after cuban president Fidel Castro lifted restrictions on leaving. Castro has sincere imposed the restrictions. But cuban american groups have pro tested the no entry policy and complained of the inhumane conditions inthe Camps saying they tire particularly hard on children and the elderly. The administration is also looking to Ward the first Summit of the americas meeting of latin american leaders planned for dec. 9-11 in Miami., there Are concerns that cuban americans might stage Large protests during the Summit. Manuel Vazquez a cuban american lawyer in Miami who has sued the administration Over the detention policy said there is virtually no opposition among cuban american groups to allowing the refugees into the United states. He also said that conditions Are wors ening in the Camps and that Many cubans in the United states Are angry about the administration s policy and plan to protest noisily at the 30-nation Summit this Summit is fast approaching and the government wants a quiet successful Summit and not a lot of people Demon Strating Vazquez said explaining Why he thinks the administration is moving to change the policy now