Dr. Xiaoling Wang (IMAGE)

Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Dr. Xiaoling Wang

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Dr. Xiaoling Wang, a genetic epidemiologist at MCG's Georgia Prevention Institute, and other researchers have found that by age 10, some black children already have high nighttime blood pressure, an early signal of impending cardiovascular disease. As they grow up, black children also show greater increases in nighttime blood pressure.

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