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A Brief Mindfulness Intervention to Lower Repeat BP in Primary Care [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

Longer-duration interventions have demonstrated reduction of physiological parameters such as systolic blood pressure (Carlton 2007; Loucks 2019; Lee 2020). However, MBI brief enough for the primary care setting have received little attention.

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Episode 176: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 8 – Towards Justice and Race Conscious Medicine

The Clinical Problem Solvers

However it is important to remember that this political invention DOES affect biology because of the way that it creates social inequity. Historical Context: Historically, laws such as interracial marriage bans have protected established structures of white supremacy and reinforced the social construct of race.