CONTACT:  Katherine Jackson

                            PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT



                         U.VA. SEEKS AFRICAN AMERICANS FOR
                              BLOOD PRESSURE  STUDY

	African American men and women  are needed to participate  in a 
12-day blood pressure study at the University of Virginia. Applicants should 
be aged 18 to 50, with near ideal body weight and with normal or high blood 
pressure.

	U.Va. researchers are examining the effects of salt on blood pressure. 
Participants will eat all meals at University Hospital during the out-patient 
study.  Compensation for completion is $500. 

	For more information, call project director Dr. Crystal Gadegbeku at 
(804) 924-8168.

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                                                February 1, 1996