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Dr. Carl V. Hill
COVID-19 has laid bare some undesirable truths: underserved communities are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. In the field of Alzheimer’s and dementia, statistics point to a similarly troubling trend.
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, for instance, African Americans are about twice as likely as whites to have Alzheimer’s or another dementia and Hispanics are 1.5 times more likely to have Alzheimer’s. Additionally, African Americans are more prone to risk factors for vascular disease like diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol which may also be risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and stroke-related dementia.
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Fewer Young Adults Drink Than 20 Years Ago
The study found that the number of young adults using marijuana, as well as co-using alcohol and marijuana, has increased.
Fewer college-age Americans drink alcohol compared to nearly 20 years ago, according to a new study.
Between 2002 and 2018, the number of adults aged 18-22 in the US who abstained from alcohol increased from 20% to 28% for those in college and from about 24% to 30% for those not in school, researchers say. And alcohol abuse among both groups decreased by roughly half.
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HoloLens2 for Nursing: ‘Hands-on’ learning during pandemic and beyond
As higher education grapples with how to deliver education during the pandemic, there are some courses of study that don’t lend themselves easily to online learning.
The discipline of nursing is one, but faculty in the school known for being at the leading edge of teaching hands-on skills have found a high-tech solution that will be useful for the pandemic and beyond.
The University of Michigan School of Nursing has one of the most technologically advanced programs around with its Clinical Learning Center, yet leadership in the school wrestled with how to teach hundreds of students the hands-on nursing skills and procedures required to advance in the program, while following COVID-19 guidelines for social distancing and university calls to minimize in-person courses.