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Stress And Poverty May Explain High Rates Of Dementia In African-Americans [NPR.org]

 

Harsh life experiences appear to leave African-Americans vulnerable to Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, researchers reported Sunday at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in London.

Several teams presented evidence that poverty, disadvantage and stressful life events are strongly associated with cognitive problems in middle age and dementia later in life among African-Americans.

The findings could help explain why African-Americans are twice as likely as white Americans to develop dementia. And the research suggests genetic factors are not a major contributor.



[For more of this story, written by Jon Hamilton, go to http://www.npr.org/sections/he...in-african-americans]

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