This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. An Alzheimer’s diagnosis is often talked about…
This month is Black History Month. Let’s talk about the impacts that history has on public health in the present: Alzheimer’s doesn’t discriminate, but…
The U.S. is in the midst of a racial reckoning. The COVID-19 pandemic, which took a particularly heavy toll on Black communities, turned a…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Caribbean neuroscientist Indira Turney’s research is centered…
Experts estimate that, by 2023, nearly 40 percent of the more than eight million Americans living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias will be Latino…
By 2030, experts estimate that more than 8 million Americans will be living with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Black Americans will make…
About 14 of every 100 of Black Americans older than 65 have Alzheimer’s disease, compared 10 in 100 white Americans of the same age…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Engaging in creative expression like painting, music,…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Michele Castro’s mother and brother both passed…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Despite being underrepresented in clinical trials, Latinos…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. With reports of clinical trials not being…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Research shows that Black, Latino, and indigenous…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Dr. Indira Turney was born in the…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Some of the United States’s most widespread…
There are at least 6 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease. But some counties have much higher rates of Alzheimer’s than others. Today at…