Racism and Dementia: A Q&A With Caribbean Neuroscientist Indira Turney
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. 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…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. As neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease become…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. A man in a bright yellow shirt…
The majority of Alzheimer’s research to date has been conducted in white participants. For example, the first FDA-approved anti-amyloid drug to treat Alzheimer’s, Aduhelm,…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Like most dementia caregivers, Ty…
The setting could not have been less threatening. I was sitting in the press room on the last day of the Alzheimer’s Association International…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Henrietta Lacks. The Tuskegee Experiment. When…
Socioeconomic status is a well-recognized determinant of health. Financial security opens doors to education, healthy foods and high-quality natural ingredients, and other health-related lifestyle…
Alzheimer’s advocate GeVonna Fassett spent more than a decade caring for her late mother. Today, her organization, Olivia’s Prayer, supports dementia caregivers and raises…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Scientist and advocate Kao Lee Yang…
The importance of good clinical research and good clinical care is greater than one might think. Emory University Alzheimer’s researcher Dr. Monica Parker shares…
University of Colorado associate professor of health economics Joan O’Connell and University of California Irvine associate professor of epidemiology Luohua Jiang share insights from…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. Shonda Bell — a special education…