Sunlight lowers blood pressure and this reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease. Presentation slides: prezi.com/view...
Chapters:
00:10 What are Cardiovascular Diseases?
00:56 Global burden of Cardiovascular Disease
02:14 African Americans have higher CVD rates
03:44 Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
04:15 High Blood Pressure is the main risk factor for CVD
04:32 Black Americans have higher blood pressure
05:22 Sun exposure is inversely associated with hypertension and CVD
06:46 Latitude is inversely associated with hypertension
07:59 Blood pressure is lower in summer
09:06 Does incident Solar UV lower blood pressure (study)
11:00 Temperature does not fully explain these associations
11:57 Narrowband UVA phototherapy did not lower blood pressure
14:28 We need sunlight, not photobiomodulation devices!