[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 81 (Friday, June 19, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1176]
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       TRIBUTE TO INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY ON HYPERTENSION IN BLACKS

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 19, 1998

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the 
International Society on Hypertension in Blacks. Their Society is about 
to hold its 13th International Interdisciplinary Conference on 
Hypertension in Blacks, and I believe it is timely to recognize their 
efforts to publicize a disease that has disproportionately affected 
minority populations.
  The International Society on Hypertension in Blacks encourages 
increased medical research efforts, supports hypertension awareness 
programs targeted to minority communities, and lends assistance to put 
an end to the alarming statistics that show the greater prevalence of 
severe hypertension in Africa Americans.
  The International Society works to promote treatment for all. 
Hypertension affects one out of three African Americans compared to one 
out of four people in the general population. One of the challenges to 
prevention or control is to adequately address the physiologic, 
epidemiologic and genetic differences to develop strategies appropriate 
for each population.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me today in honoring the International 
Society on Hypertension in Blacks for their efforts to initiate such 
research forums at their annual conference and their work to spread 
information to community members.

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