Alzheimer’s disease has a drastic impact on the human population, being one of the most common causes of death. With research less funded than cancer, there are many gaps to be filled.
The cure to the disease has not been found yet, however, it is not feasible for me to accomplish such task. I began to look into the causes of Alzheimer’s, and found that research has died down in this area. There has been a lack of focus in several lenses, particularly the economic. With this lens in mind, and the interest in studying causes, I decided to ask the question, To what extent is economic inequality in the United States impacting the prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease, and what are the major factors that cause such inequalities? In this annotated bibliography, …show more content…
Being a sufficiently recent article, it shows that there is a dietary trend that varies along with economic factors. Along with more affluent people, those who are “better educated” are more likely to consume a higher quality diet. Much of lower social class diets include saturated fats and goods high in cholesterol. Having been published in 2010, there has been several years passed, however, there has not been any drastic change to the way people eat, or the dynamic of social classes. Although a French researcher, Darmon highlights key traits from all around the developed world, particularly the United States and certain nations in …show more content…
Manly is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the Columbia University Medical Center. She acknowledges and writes that African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to have Alzheimer’s compared to White Americans, as African Americans and Hispanics have “genes modifying the expression of APOE”, a protein that is involved in Alzheimer’s disease. Also, minority groups are less likely to receive quality healthcare due to discrimination and inequality in the United States, so they may have less exposure to “possible protective factors for AD, including estrogen replacement therapy and anti-inflammatory drugs.” This source, published in 2004, reflects and reviews studies and research conducted, compiling great amounts of data collected from previous neuroscientists along with her own. It notes those who are more likely to be affected by AD, possibly eliminating some risk in the future with further research.
This knowledge about the variance in prevalence of AD among different race allows me to look at the correlation between race and social class, and examine any trends that exist in the United states, seeing if certain social classes in the U.S. are more likely to lead to AD than others, due to
The cure to the disease has not been found yet, however, it is not feasible for me to accomplish such task. I began to look into the causes of Alzheimer’s, and found that research has died down in this area. There has been a lack of focus in several lenses, particularly the economic. With this lens in mind, and the interest in studying causes, I decided to ask the question, To what extent is economic inequality in the United States impacting the prevalence of Alzheimer’s Disease, and what are the major factors that cause such inequalities? In this annotated bibliography, …show more content…
Being a sufficiently recent article, it shows that there is a dietary trend that varies along with economic factors. Along with more affluent people, those who are “better educated” are more likely to consume a higher quality diet. Much of lower social class diets include saturated fats and goods high in cholesterol. Having been published in 2010, there has been several years passed, however, there has not been any drastic change to the way people eat, or the dynamic of social classes. Although a French researcher, Darmon highlights key traits from all around the developed world, particularly the United States and certain nations in …show more content…
Manly is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the Columbia University Medical Center. She acknowledges and writes that African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to have Alzheimer’s compared to White Americans, as African Americans and Hispanics have “genes modifying the expression of APOE”, a protein that is involved in Alzheimer’s disease. Also, minority groups are less likely to receive quality healthcare due to discrimination and inequality in the United States, so they may have less exposure to “possible protective factors for AD, including estrogen replacement therapy and anti-inflammatory drugs.” This source, published in 2004, reflects and reviews studies and research conducted, compiling great amounts of data collected from previous neuroscientists along with her own. It notes those who are more likely to be affected by AD, possibly eliminating some risk in the future with further research.
This knowledge about the variance in prevalence of AD among different race allows me to look at the correlation between race and social class, and examine any trends that exist in the United states, seeing if certain social classes in the U.S. are more likely to lead to AD than others, due to