Research on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) has demonstrated the importance of earlier intervention (Jack et al., 2024), pushing development of methods to detect AD before memory problems develop. Researchers are examining AD biomarkers found in blood, including amyloid beta 42/40 ((A -beta )42/40), phosphorylated tau 217 (p-tau217), and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), each of which correlate with the accumulation of protein amyloid beta found in the brain in AD (Schindler e

Previous research has shown that depression is associated with an increased risk of AD. At the same time, studies indicate that Black individuals are disproportionately affected by AD and related dementias compared to white individuals. So how might race, depression, and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) be related? In a recent study conducted by Kamal and colleagues at McGill University in Canada, they looked at white matter hypointensities (WMHs) to investigate this question. The te

As research continues to expand our understanding of Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias (ADRD) and moves closer to developing effective treatments, there remains a persistent lack of inclusion of populations most affected by the disease. Black Americans are twice as likely as white Americans to develop ADRD (Alzheimer’s Association 2024), yet they account for less than 5% of participants in ADRD clinical trials (Franzen et al. 2022). Considerable effort within the rese

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