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University Hospitals' Brain Health and Memory Center, a distinguished member of the Cleveland Alzheimer Disease Research Center , is hosting a free month-long webinar series every Thursday to spread education and awareness in the black community on brain health . This year’s focus will highlight genetics and Alzheimer’s disease, as well as two different sessions on caretaking.The final session will focus on hypertension and brain health .
“Strokes are very high within the black community, hypertension or high blood pressure, which can also lead to some of these strokes as well as diabetes, high cholesterol, also Parkinson’s Disease.”Powell said she hopes this educational resource will be helpful, especially for those who have challenging lifestyles or limited access to care.“With a virtual series like this, it sort of takes away some of that layer of being a little bit apprehensive,” Powell said.
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