Whitey Ford
02-25-2025, 09:09 PM
Racism May Increase Alzheimer's Risk (https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/racism-may-increase-alzheimer-s-risk/ar-BB1lpkkk)
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Racial discrimination and its associated stress may increase dementia risk among Black Americans, new research suggests.
Alzheimer's affects roughly 5.8 million Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The progressive disease is the most common form of dementia and is associated with memory loss and cognitive decline in regions of the brain involved in thought, memory and language.
Scientists believe that Alzheimer's is caused by the abnormal buildup of proteins in and around the brain cells, although exactly what triggers this build-up is still unclear.
Those "proteins" are called Amyloids (https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/amyloid). They can build up in the tiny veins in the brain and constrict blood flow. The other main cause of Alzheimer's is Neurodegenerative Disease (https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24976-neurodegenerative-diseases).
The same data shows that older Black Americans are also about twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's or other dementias compared to older white Americans.
Raycissss!
"We found no correlations between racial discrimination and increased levels of the serum biomarkers in 2008 [...] when participants were a mean age of 46 years," Ronald Simons, a professor of sociology at the University of Georgia and co-corresponding author of the study, said in a statement. "However, 11 years later when the study participants were roughly 57 years old, we found that increased discrimination during middle age significantly correlated with higher levels of [biomarkers associated with Alzheimer's and neurodegeneration.]"
It's prolly all the crack they smoke and malt likka they drink. :lol
https://i.ibb.co/Wk3q0fG/atmf2qoxl3e81.jpg
Racial discrimination and its associated stress may increase dementia risk among Black Americans, new research suggests.
Alzheimer's affects roughly 5.8 million Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The progressive disease is the most common form of dementia and is associated with memory loss and cognitive decline in regions of the brain involved in thought, memory and language.
Scientists believe that Alzheimer's is caused by the abnormal buildup of proteins in and around the brain cells, although exactly what triggers this build-up is still unclear.
Those "proteins" are called Amyloids (https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/amyloid). They can build up in the tiny veins in the brain and constrict blood flow. The other main cause of Alzheimer's is Neurodegenerative Disease (https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24976-neurodegenerative-diseases).
The same data shows that older Black Americans are also about twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's or other dementias compared to older white Americans.
Raycissss!
"We found no correlations between racial discrimination and increased levels of the serum biomarkers in 2008 [...] when participants were a mean age of 46 years," Ronald Simons, a professor of sociology at the University of Georgia and co-corresponding author of the study, said in a statement. "However, 11 years later when the study participants were roughly 57 years old, we found that increased discrimination during middle age significantly correlated with higher levels of [biomarkers associated with Alzheimer's and neurodegeneration.]"
It's prolly all the crack they smoke and malt likka they drink. :lol