Study Finds Heart Disease Drug Combats Racism WASHINGTON (CBSDC)
— Could a heart disease pill be the secret to combating racism?
According to one study it is. Researchers from Oxford University
released a new study in the international medical journal
Psychopharmacology showing that taking propranolol reduces
“implicit negative racial bias.” “Implicit racial bias can occur
even in people with a sincere belief in equality,” Dr. Sylvia
Terbeck, author of the study, told The Daily Telegraph. “Given
the key role that such implicit attitudes appear to play in
discrimination against other ethnic groups, and the widespread
use of propranolol for medical purposes, our findings are also
of considerable ethical interest.” Thirty-six white people were
used in the study, with half getting propranolol and the other
half getting a placebo. Researchers then used a feeling
thermometer to rate how “warm” they felt toward different
groups. Researchers found that the heart disease drug
“significantly lowered heart rate.” They a