Whitmer Lab Research in the news
2025
- August 6 - West Virginia's News - "AAIC 25: US POINTER Study on Lifestyle Intervention Slowing Cognitive Decline with Laura Baker, PhD"
- August 4 - HealthDay - "AAIC 25: Lifestyle Changes Slow Cognitive Decline, Heart Meds Protect Memory, Alzheimer's-like Brain Changes After TBI"
- July 28 - UC Davis Health News - "U.S. POINTER Study shows lifestyle program improves cognition in older adults"
2023
- July 20 - MedScape - "Volunteering Later in Life Good for the Aging Brain"
- July 20 - UC Davis Health News - "Volunteering in late life may protect the brain against cognitive decline and dementia"
- May 15 - Sacramento Observer - "It's All Related"
- April 7 - EurekAlert - "High blood pressure in your 30s is associated with worse brain health in your 70s"
2020
- June 24 - Oprah Magazine - "Researchers Explain Why Black Americans Are At Higher Risk For Alzheimer's"
- July 17 - WBUR's Here & Now - "Research Suggests Racism Could Put Black People At Higher Risk Of Dementia"
2018
- July 23 – CBS News – “Motherhood and Fertility may hold clues to Alzheimer’s risk for women”
- CNN – “Women bear Alzheimer’s burden; researchers are trying to discover why”
- HealthDay News – “Having More Kids Tied to Lower Odds of Alzheimer’s in Women”
- LA Times – “How pregnancy and childbirth may protect some women from developing dementia”
- NBC News – “Motherhood may affect Alzheimer’s risk, studies show”
- NPR – “Hormone Levels Likely Influence A Woman’s Risk of Alzheimer’s, But How?”
- TIME – “How Pregnancy May Affect the Risk of Alzheimer’s”
- US News & World Report – “Having More Kids Tied to Lower Odds of Alzheimer’s in Women”
- The Washington Post – “Women’s reproductive history may predict Alzheimer’s risk”
- AARP – “What Being a Woman Means for Your Dementia Risk”
2017
- October 11 – New York Times – “High Blood Pressure in Midlife Tied to Later Dementia”
- October 5 – express.co.uk – “Dementia WARNING: Women with high blood pressure in their 40s at greater risk of disease”
- October 5 – Alzforum – “High Blood Pressure in Younger Adults: Dementia Risk Only in Women?”
- October 4 – Sacramento Bee – “Here’s what women in their 40s can do to help prevent dementia later in life”
- October 4 – MedPage Today – “High Blood Pressure in Early Midlife Associated With Later Dementia Risk”
- September 14- New York Times – “Birthplace May Be Tied to Dementia Risk”
- July 31 – Science Daily – “Higher dementia risk associated with birth in high stroke mortality states”
- July 31 – MedPage Today – “Birthplace Tied to Dementia Risk”
- July 17 – Medical News Today – “Why are African Americans more likely to develop Alzheimer’s”
- July 15 – NPR – “Stress and Poverty May Explain High Rates of Dementia in African-Americans”
2016
- July 15 – Forbes – “Clinical Study Targets Racial Disparities in Dementia Risk”
- Feb 17 – Indian Country Today – "Elders at Risk: New Study Finds Higher Dementia Rates for Natives"
- Feb 10 – SF Gate – “Major study finds risks for dementia vary between ethnic groups”
- Feb 10 – NBC News.com – “Some Good News for Dementia: Rates Might be Going Down”