Hector M. González, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Michigan State University, recently received a $5.67 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to fuel a study to find very early signs of Alzheimer's disease among middle-age and older Latinos.
Women and men who carry extra weight during their midlife risk developing Alzheimer's disease sooner than those who maintain a healthy weight at 50 years old, according to research published by The National Institutes of Health.
