The risk of small bleeds within the brain (known as brain lesions) in higher in blacks than whites and it increases their chances of having a stroke, a new study suggests.
Blacks had 32 percent more brains lesions (called cerebral microbleeds) than whites and it increased their chances of having a stroke. The study also shows that blacks are more likely to have these lesions in many different parts of their brain.
The study has been published in the Oct. 7 issue of Neurology.
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