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An invasion of nomadic herders from the Eurasian steppe profoundly changed the genetic landscape of modern Europe, influencing patterns of modern diseases

Previous research has revealed that the Apolipoprotein-ε4 (APOE-ε4) allele increases the risk for a variety of diseases in aging populations, specifically Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease.

The genetic variant APOE4 substantially raises the risk of Alzheimer's disease, but it has also been linked to women having more children in an Indigenous group in Bolivia

Allele associated with heart disease and Alzheimer's in urban and developed populations shows a positive benefit among women in an indigenous study group.

We know about the devastating effect that Alzheimers and other types of dementia can have on people – but whats less clear is how they get started in the brain and what can be done to cure them or prevent them from happening in the first place.

Researchers working with a remote population in the Amazon have found the group experiences extraordinarily low rates of dementia. The study follows on from prior findings that the same group displayed almost no cases of age-related heart disease.

A new study has shown that 1% of older people in indigenous Amazon groups have dementia, compared to 11% of Americans of the same age.

Experts have found rates of dementia are 11 times lower among the indigenous hunter-gatherer Tsimane community in the Bolivian Amazon, compared to westerners.

New data compiled from two Indigenous groups living in the Bolivian Amazon show some of the lowest rates of dementia reported in the world.

As scientists around the world seek for solutions for Alzheimer’s disease, a new study reveals that two indigenous groups in the Bolivian Amazon have