Study shows Indians have higher dementia risk

WASHINGTON - The first-ever study of dementia in American Indians showed that more than one-fourth of elders suffer from it, the Alzheimer’s Association announced July 19, at its 2015 International Conference.

The incidence of the condition was 5 percent higher than in the non-Indian population. Participants were patients of the Kaiser Permanente Northern California health care system.

"We don’t know what the reasons are about the prevalence," Alzheimer’s Association Director of Medical and Scientific Operations Heather Snyder told the Native Sun News.

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