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Blacks more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, less likely to be treated

PHOENIX – Black Americans are two times more likely than whites to develop Alzheimer’s disease and live with missed diagnoses and treatment gaps, studies reveal. “These health and socioeconomic disparities are rooted in the history of discrimination against Black individuals and other people of color in the United States,” a 2023 report by the Alzheimer’s […]

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