SALUD: Early Signs of Alzheimer's Disease Among Hispanics and Latinos

Hector M. González, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Michigan State University, recently received a $5.67 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to fuel a study to find very early signs of Alzheimer's disease among middle-age and older Latinos.

Alzheimer's Disease Could Affect 1.3 Million Latinos by 2050

By Rebecca S. Myles
While the Latino older population is expected to triple by 2050, health experts are projecting that Latinos are disproportionately represented in the older age groups most at risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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