1/15/2014 – Racism may accelerate aging on a genetic level, study finds

According the Centers for Disease Control, African-American men die six to seven years earlier than white men. But no one is exactly sure why. David H. Chae, a social epidemiologist at the University of Maryland School of Public Health, thinks the psycho-social strain of discrimination may explain the disparity.

Read the full article at PBS NewsHour.