Private prayer, going to church linked to better heart health in Black Minnesotans, Mayo study finds

Researchers used data from the Jackson Heart Study as a template to analyze the cardiovascular health of African American participants in Minnesota.

African American churchgoers and spiritual people who pray privately have better heart health than less religious Black people, according to a new Mayo study.

LaPrincess Brewer, an assistant professor in the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, led a study of the benefits of religion on heart health that was published last month in the

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