Commentary: We don't know enough about Latinos and Alzheimer's, and that's a huge problem
by Hector M. Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times
Feb 21, 2020
3 minutes
The Alzheimer's disease tsunami is coming our way, and it is being propelled by the demographics of the baby boomers - the oldest of them turned 75 in 2019.
Today, there are nearly 6 million Americans with the disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association, a number expected to nearly triple by 2050. The significant increase in the number of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's will be a looming public health crisis as society deals with their diminished quality of life,
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