Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
Our work in Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
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Racial and Educational Disparities in Dementia and Dementia-Free Life Expectancy
We estimate life expectancy with and without dementia for Americans 65 years and older by education and race to examine how these stratification systems combine to shape disparities in later-life cognitive health.
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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 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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Accelerating Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Innovations from the Research Pipeline to Patients
Goldman, Fillit, and Neumann outline policy options that would lead to more innovation.
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Education Can Hold off Dementia, New USC-led Study Finds
USC researchers found a link between higher education and longer life without dementia. Related study shows the importance of discovering how to delay the onset of dementia; otherwise, more people will end up living longer with the debilitating condition.
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Reductions in Mid-Life Diabetes, Hypertension Increase Future Number of Americans with Dementia
Improving cardiovascular health at middle and older ages is not enough to slow the growth in the number of older Americans with dementia, further underscoring the need for innovations that will delay or prevent dementia.
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The Role of Education in the Association between Race/Ethnicity/Nativity, Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia Among Older Adults in the United States
The researchers examine the role of education in racial/ethnic and nativity differences in cognitive impairment/no dementia (CIND) and dementia among older US adults.
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Trends in the Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia among Older Latino Adults.
Given the demographic changes occurring in the US, understanding the health problems that are affecting older Latinos is of increasing importance.