As part of the Black History outreach, staff from the Rochester and Finger Lakes region chapter met Friday for a community ...

Discover the surprising lifestyle and environmental elements contributing to increased dementia prevalence among Black individuals.

Research from the Alzheimer’s Association ranked Orangeburg County as the 8th highest county in the country for Alzheimer’s ...

Historically, clinical trials have under-represented women and minorities. Clinical Trial Media's Cara Brant offers ...

Late-onset Alzheimer's disease is a debilitating, progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects about 7 million Americans ... human brains of European and African ancestry.

It says older African Americans are twice as likely as their white counterparts to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. "As you start to lose your memory and not understand what is going on ...

The study authors attribute the previous underestimates of dementia risk to unreliable documentation ... ARIC-NCS is also, the researchers say, the longest-followed cohort of African Americans for ...

Larger risks were noted in the study among women and African Americans. Stefanie Wardlow, a program specialist with the Alzheimer’s Association told First Coast News there are lifestyle changes ...