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$24M NIH grant extends Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR)

… related dementias for Black and African Americans. The study is also … may protect brain health.

Black Americans have the highest rate … or Alzheimer’s.

Among Black Americans 70 years of age … health and dementia risk in Black Americans,” Whitmer said. “There …

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