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Brain Health & Conditions

Neurological Researchers Find Fat May Be Linked to Memory Loss

People with high amounts of abdominal fat in their middle age are 3.6 times as likely to develop memory loss and dementia later in their life
Rush News Article
Brain Health & Conditions

Alzheimer’s Disease a Much Larger Cause of Death Than Previously Recognized

A new study by researchers at Rush indicates that Alzheimer’s disease may be one of the leading causes of death in the United States
Rush News Article
Brain Health & Conditions

Alzheimer’s Disease May Be More Prevalent And Manifests Itself Differently Among African Americans

The risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease among older African Americans may be two to three times greater than in the non-Hispanic white population
Rush News Article
Heart Health

Stem Cell Research for Heart and Vascular Diseases

Stem cell clinical trials at Rush help treat patients with severe heart disease