Name: Race, Gender and Alzheimer’s
Uploaded: 2010-11-17T01:21:22-05:00
Duration: 2 min 55 s
Description: Are women and African-Americans at a higher risk for Alzheimer’s—as some data suggests—or are there other factors in play?

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Ottavio Arancio

Ottavio Arancio is Associate Professor of Pathology & Cell Biology at the Columbia University Medical Center. He received his Ph.D and M.D. from the University of Pisa in Italy. Dr.[…]

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