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Wellness Wednesday: Racial disparities in dementia diagnoses

A doctor looks at PET brain scans to check for Alzheimer’s disease.
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A doctor looks at PET brain scans to check for Alzheimer’s disease.

A December study in the Alzheimer’s & Dementia journal highlighted the racial disparities in dementia diagnoses, suggesting that Black patients are nearly 65% less likely to receive an Alzheimer’s diagnosis compared to white patients.

Today on Wellness Wednesday we’ll discuss these inequities and how they can be fixed.

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