Dementia may be an underlying cause of nearly three times more deaths in the U.S. than official records show, according to a new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study. Published in the journal JAMA Neurology, the study estimates that 13.6% of deaths are attributable to dementia, 2.7 times more than the 5.0% of...
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Study finds key Alzheimer’s gene (APOE) acts differently in Caribbean Hispanics
Researcher says understanding genetic risk of a disease requires diverse gene pool UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HEALTH SCIENCES/UW MEDICINE Researchers looking to unlock the mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease have revealed new insights from old variants. A gene called apolipoprotein E (APOE), long implicated in Alzheimer’s disease, has two variants that act differently among Caribbean Hispanics depending...