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Rural South under study seeks why heart disease rages
A mobile health trailer roams Alabama Kentucky Louisiana and Mississippi to test heart and lung function in about 4600 residents. Researchers track environments health history and lifestyles while giving fitness trackers and planning long term follow ups. The study aims to explain rural South disparities with programs from Johns Hopkins UC Berkeley and Duke and stretch to 2031. Darrell Dixon’s father died at 49 from heart disease fueling local involvement and hopes for environmental clues.
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Darrell Dixon
Mississippi Delta
Dixon
U.S
Vasan Ramachandran
Framingham
Alabama
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ramachandran
University of Texas School of Public Health
San Antonio
Johns Hopkins University
University of California, Berkeley
Duke University
Lynn Spruill
Starkville
Oktibbeha County
South
U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Lindsay Pool
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
Mississippi State University
Panola County
Memphis
Tennessee
CDC
Rankin County
Jackson
Heart
Darrell Dixon Sr
Clarksdale
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Sean Coady
Napoleonville