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The Color of Risk
African-Americans are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than whites. A new national program targets this dangerous disparity with community-based health education.
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Caring for Culture
Hispanics in Milwaukee are improving services for elders with Alzheimer's disease by customizing care to cultural attitudes toward dementia and medicine.

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Minority Report
Jennifer Manly’s research ensures that African-Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities are tested for dementia on a level playing field.
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Hypothalamus
 

The hypothalamus is an area of the brain that helps control various body functions such as regulating body temperature, controlling hunger and thirst, and secreting and releasing various hormones. It is important in the body's response to stress, as it releases a particular hormone (corticotropin-releasing factor or CRF) that starts a procession of events culminating in the body's response to stress: the "fight-or-flight" response.

by Catherine E. Myers. Copyright © 2006 Memory Loss and the Brain