{"id":7467,"date":"2017-07-17T08:09:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T12:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7467"},"modified":"2017-07-17T08:09:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T12:09:44","slug":"stress-and-poverty-may-explain-high-rates-of-dementia-in-african-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7467","title":{"rendered":"Stress And Poverty May Explain High Rates Of Dementia In African-Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Harsh life experiences appear to leave African-Americans vulnerable to Alzheimer&#8217;s and other forms of dementia, researchers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alz.org\/aaic\/2017_news_releases.asp\">reported<\/a>\u00a0Sunday at the Alzheimer&#8217;s Association International Conference in London. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/07\/16\/536935957\/stress-and-poverty-may-explain-high-rates-of-dementia-in-african-americans?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=54289447&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9qUpxNQFlY_Juzt4GEaDQWMFmmlSBoLki-OwJooC7C18AjGf0q5DNo02wPlS6iQZEq-t9fYdJ0kitQBOGiEQtPx_QNOw&amp;_hsmi=54289447\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Harsh life experiences appear to leave African-Americans vulnerable to Alzheimer&#8217;s and other forms of dementia,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7468,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7467\/revisions\/7468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}