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Blacks are at higher risk for Alzheimer's, but why?

  • Written by Renã A.S. Robinson, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University
Blacks have twice the incidence rates for Alzheimer's as whites.Getty Images / Science Photo Library

Blacks are at higher risk for several health conditions in the U.S. This is true for heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and stroke, which are often chronic diseases. And it is also for Alzheimer’s disease, in which blacks have two...

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