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African-American Rhinoplasty

Facial Plastic Surgery, 2010
Increased width, loss of definition, and lack of projection characterize the stereotypical African-American nose. Early rhinoplasty surgeons attempted strict adherence to neoclassical aesthetic ideals. However, in reality, the anatomy and aesthetic desires of these patients are much more complex.
Anand D, Patel, Russell W H, Kridel
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Hypertension in African Americans

Current Cardiology Reports, 2017
African Americans are over-burdened with hypertension resulting in excess morbidity and mortality. We highlight the health impact of hypertension in this population, review important observations regarding disease pathogenesis, and outline evidence-based treatment, current treatment guidelines, and management approaches.Hypertension accounts for 50% of
Nomsa, Musemwa, Crystal A, Gadegbeku
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African Americans, American Africans, and the Idea of an African Homeland

Reviews in American History, 2008
The American image of Africa is at best vague, under-formed, simplified, and more often than not patronizing. White Americans in particular have perpetuated the mythology of Africa as the "Dark Continent," a place apart where wildness and chaos and danger lurk.
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The African American as African

Diogenes, 1998
One day a newly hatched eagle fell from its mother's clutches as she was flying over a chicken yard. The young eagle grew up in the chicken yard with young chickens and took on the habits, customs, and behavior of chickens. He ate like a chicken, walked like a chicken, and generally performed his daily routine like the birds who surrounded him. One day
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