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The Diverse-Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia study uses advanced brain imaging and blood-based techniques to understand how vascular changes in late life cause brain injury that lead to cognitive decline. Our goal is to develop educational interventions and assessment strategies for medical doctors to increase their awareness and improve their ability to diagnose and treat cerebrovascular disease in ethnic/racially diverse communities of older adults before it causes cognitive decl ...
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Living with Alzheimer’s Disease in Black America
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Among Black Americans ages 70 and older, 21.3% are living with Alzheimer's. Learn what is being done to address health disparities. Alzheimer’s, like most things, is partly biological, partly social and partly psychological. Here we discuss these other influences in society that have a significant impact on health and illnesses with Dr. Rita Hargra…
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What is it about Latino aging that may be the same or different among Europeans and Black Americans?
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In this episode we speak with three doctors from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley about what’s unique about Latino aging. Rio Grande Valley is committed to enhancing the diversity of the workforce and reducing health disparities among Hispanics in South Texas through advanced research in dementia, and minority aging. Because of its unique …
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How to recruit Hispanic/Latino Americans into a research study?
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In this episode we speak with research coordinators from three different universities about what’s most important when recruiting Hispanic/Latino Americans into research. Researchers and health care providers need to address health disparities, yet there are many challenges encountered during recruitment. Latino participation is critical to produci…
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The importance of MRI in Brain Research
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in brain research is extremely useful clinically and provides unprecedented resolution and contrast for studying the brain. We discuss the benefits of using an MRI to look for structural problems in the brain, particularly in patients with brain disorders. The many benefits of an MRI are discussed by Dr. John Detric…
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Why are genetics important and who is Henrietta Lacks?
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Genes are a segment of DNA that are essentially providing a blueprint of all the instructions that our cells need in order for them to function. Henrietta Lacks and her “immortal” cells have been a fixture in the medical research community for decades: they helped develop the polio vaccine in the 1950s; they traveled to space to see how cells react…
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Why Should Hispanic/Latino Americans participate in research?
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This episode examines healthy and unhealthy aging in America. We discuss themes especially relevant to Hispanic/Latino Americans such as hesitancy to participate in studies due to mistrust among researchers and the medical community, concerns over how the data will be used, and not necessarily understanding the significance of research studies. We …
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Why Should Black Americans participate in research?
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This podcast examines healthy and unhealthy aging in America. We discuss themes especially relevant to Black Americans such as hesitancy to participate due to mistrust among researchers and the medical community, concerns over how the data will be used, and lack of community input into study design. We also review the barriers that are most commonl…
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What makes the Diverse VCID study special?
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There are thousands of clinical and observational studies on Alzheimer’s and dementia, but the Diverse Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (Diverse VCID) is different. We discuss vascular cognitive impairment and how your heart and blood vessel health affect brain health. Diversity is critical to this study so that clinical care and scientif…
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