Welcome to the February newsletter!
Caregiving Stress Linked to High Blood Pressure in Younger Black Women
Anew analysis finds that the stress of being a caregiver is associated with an increased risk of developing high blood pressure in 21- to 44-year-old Black women, a group known to have a higher prevalence of the condition compared with women of other racial and ethnic groups.
Radical Study Proposes a Single Cause to Explain Alzheimer's Disease
A new model of Alzheimer's disease has been proposed, which could speed up efforts to understand and cure the complex condition – while bringing all manifestations of the condition under one unifying theory.
Stop Competing for Caregiving Control
Laura had heard the cliché about the primary caregiver of an aging parent who is ignored by neglectful siblings. She just sometimes wished it were true for her. In the excitable and opinionated family of seven in which she grew up, everyone needed to have their say on everything. Little wonder, then, that her siblings now constantly questioned whatever decisions she made for their 88-year-old Italian American mother.