The conspiracy theorist in me wonders about exploitation on this sort of designation (if I can put my tin foil hat on for a moment).
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I could understand a drug that would interact with say Sicle Cell Anemia [sp] but heart problems are general at best effecting almost everyone in some form or another !
"Political correctness be damned."
Exactly. Who in the bloody hell could be disturbed that a medicine helps someone?
Seems to me that I've heard that different ethnicities are more susceptible to lactose intolerance. I've heard that certain medicines for heart problems and depression do not work the same way for women as for men. Certain ethnicities tend to have certain illnesses, inherited. It's genetic.
When I first heard about this study, I was thrilled--I had a good friend who died as a result of hypertension, and I'm aware that heart disease and hypertension affect more blacks than whites, for some reason. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard that this was somehow controversial! Believe me, if they came out with a drug that made little fat Italian women put off that heart attack, "TubbyDPJ" would be on her way, not arguing about why it only works for me and not Fred O'Leary down the street.
Of all the things in the world to use for race bait, this is without a doubt, the most stupid. There oughta be an award.
"The conspiracy theorist in me wonders about exploitation on this sort of designation "
I don't think that's conspiracy theory, lol--that's just reasonable thinking. As a woman, I have just discovered via advertising, that I have the dreaded "armpits," as opposed to the apparently lovelier "underarms." Exploitation, marketing, it's all about scaring someone (grin).