-- Alzheimer's advocates counter misconceptions among minority communities. From the Boston Globe. The campaign is part of an effort to address cultural barriers to dementia care among African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Latinos and other groups.
"Driving the initiatives is concern that increasing numbers of African-Americans and Latinos are at high risk of Alzheimer's and other types of dementia because they have cardiovascular disease or diabetes, and because they are reaching their 60s, 70s and 80s, when dementia typically strikes."-- Tips for planning vacations for people with disabilities. From the Dallas Morning News.
-- Harvard business school student with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) uses B-school techniques to encourage research into drug treatments. From the Boston Globe.
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