Alzheimer's disease has become a silent epidemic in the black
community, robbing elders of their memories and taking an exhaustive
toll on the families left to care for them. Increasingly, medical studies suggest that Alzheimer's occurs among
blacks at a much higher rate than among whites — from 14 percent to 100
percent higher. Click to continue at Chron.com Harris County hopes blacks will seek help for Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease has become a silent epidemic in the black
community, robbing elders of their memories and taking an exhaustive
toll on the families left to care for them. Increasingly, medical studies suggest that Alzheimer's occurs among
blacks at a much higher rate than among whites — from 14 percent to 100
percent higher. Click to continue at Chron.com 
