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First Homeless Count in Saskatoon since 2018

In an effort to better understand the reasons behind homelessness in Saskatoon and to see if there has been a change since the first Point-in-Time cou. ....

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Newly funded research will use biomarkers from blood to understand how childhood shapes risks of Alzheimer's and other dementias


March 2, 2021
The University of Minnesota announced today it will begin collecting blood samples from a diverse sample of 25,520 people around the country to better understand how early-life conditions and experiences shape later-life risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
The research, supported by $14.2 million in new funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), adds a new component to the ongoing $28.4 million High School & Beyond (HS&B) cohort study and builds upon a $500,000 pilot study funded by the Alzheimer’s Association in 2020.
 
The project, based at the University’s Minnesota Population Center (MPC), brings together an interdisciplinary team of leading neurologists, sociologists, education scientists, neuropathologists, and survey methodologists from around the country. A goal of the newly-funded component of the project is to understand the biological pathways through which health inequities in cognitive impairment form. ....

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