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American Drug Overdose Death Rates the Highest Among Wealthy Nations
Drug overdose mortality has reached unprecedented levels in the U.S., more than tripling over the past 20 years. Is this a uniquely American epidemic or are other high-income counties facing a similar crisis? RCMAR Scientist and USC Leonard Davis School Assistant Professor Jessica Ho looks at the data.
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NIH Awards USC School of Pharmacy, Price School of Public Policy 5-Year Grant to Support Minority Aging Research in Schaeffer Center
The $2.7 million award funds scholars pursuing research in health disparities in aging with an emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease.
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The Troubling Health of Our Hearts
Using the Future Elderly Model, Schaeffer Center researchers analyze trends in heart failure and estimate what would happen if a cure was discovered.
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Applications are Open for 2019-2020 RCMAR Scientists
Since 2012, the Schaeffer Center has received $6.1 million in funding from the NIH to fund pilot projects by junior scholars focused on addressing disparities. This year we are seeking junior scientists concentrating on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in minority populations.
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The Minority Aging Health Economics Research Center provides mentorship to scholars with research focused on the health and economic wellbeing of minority elderly populations. The program is led by Dana Goldman and Julie Zissimopoulos.
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The Association of Multiple Anti-Hypertensive Medication Classes with Alzheimer’s Disease Incidence Across Sex, Race, and Ethnicity
The researchers find hypertension management treatments that include RAS-acting ARBs may, in addition to lowering blood pressure, reduce AD risk, particularly for white and black women and white men.
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Some Blood Pressure Medications May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s, But Not For All Populations
Certain antihypertensive medications may prevent the onset of the disease, but only among black and white women and white men.
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Trends in Dementia Prevalence and Risk Factors in the United States
The researchers find disparities in dementia prevalence declined between blacks and whites and increased between Hispanics and whites.
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Mass Incarceration, Racial Disparities in Health, and Successful Aging
Over the past forty years, the United States has taken part in an experiment in mass incarceration. This article explores the impact that mass incarceration might have on successful aging and racial disparities in aging outcomes.
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Education and Psychosocial Functioning Among Older Adults: 4-Year Change in Sense of Control and Hopelessness
In this study, researchers found a cumulative advantage of higher levels of education for psychosocial functioning in older adults.
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Disentangling the Stress Process: Race Differences in the Experience of Chronic Stressors
Older blacks and US-born and foreign-born Hispanics report more chronic stress exposure than whites and are two to three times as likely to experience financial strain and housing-related stress.