Posts Tagged ‘aging’
Vaccine for Alzheimers Is in the Works
June 28, 2019 – There are currently about 5.8 million people in the United States living with Alzheimer’s Disease. That’s expected to more than double to 14 million. In New Mexico, an estimated 41,000 people age 65 and older are living with Alzheimer’s. It’s a devastating illness that robs people of their mental capacity and…
Read MoreThe Line: Older Population Caused New Mexico’s “Blue Wave” At Midterm Elections
December 14, 2018 – A major talking point coming out of the midterm election was about the “blue wave” of Democratic victories. But an article in the Santa Fe New Mexican by Andrew Oxford showed how the “blue wave” in the last midterm election owed a lot to New Mexico’s “graying,” or older, population. Gene…
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