The State of Latino Health Twitter Chat

We want to talk to you about the law’s impact on the Latino community. On Tuesday, February 21st, at 3:00pm EST Mayra Alvarez, Director of Public Health Policy at HHS, will be available on Twitter at @HHSgov to answer questions about how the law helps the Latino community get a fair shot at better care and lower costs. We’ll also be teaming up with National Council of La Raza, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, and Families USA. We will be accepting and responding to questions in English and Spanish, depending on what language the question is asked.

Activity and amyloid

A study indicates that people who are physically inactive and who have a higher genetic risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease may have more of a protein that’s associated with the development of Alzheimer’s.

At Washington University in St. Louis, researcher Denise Head looked at people with a form of the APOE gene, AP0E-e4, which has been linked to greater buildup of amyloid protein in the brain.