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African-Americans and Hispanics are at higher risk for developing Alzheimer’s and dementias (News-Medical-Net)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:12:24 +0000

According to the Alzheimer’s Association’s® 2010 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures, African-Americans are about two times more likely and Hispanics are about one and one-half times more likely than their white counterparts to have Alzheimer’s and other dementias.

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African-Americans and Hispanics are at higher risk for developing Alzheimer’s and dementias (News-Medical-Net)

Visitors to Rockefeller Center to get unexpected lesson on Alzheimer’s disease throughout March (News-Medical-Net)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:12:14 +0000

Throughout the month of March, visitors to Rockefeller Center in the heart of midtown Manhattan will get an unexpected lesson on Alzheimer’s disease.

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Visitors to Rockefeller Center to get unexpected lesson on Alzheimer’s disease throughout March (News-Medical-Net)

Alzheimer’s more likely to hit blacks, Hispanics (Chicago Sun-Times)

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:01:07 +0000

As deaths from heart disease and many types of cancers have dipped, living longer is putting more people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Now a new report shows African Americans and Hispanics are particularly vulnerable to the brain-wasting disease.African Americans are almost twice as likely as whites to have Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, and Hispanics are about one and a half times …

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Alzheimer’s more likely to hit blacks, Hispanics (Chicago Sun-Times)