Lisa L. Barnes

TL;DR: In this article, the role of genetic risk and adherence to lifestyle factors on cognitive decline in African Americans and European Americans was investigated using data from the Chicago Health and Aging Project (1993-2012; n = 3874).

TL;DR: In this article , critical illness and intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization in older patients have been shown to increase risk of long-term cognitive impairment, but most data come from patients recruited from the ICU without controls or information on pre-ICU cognition, and they are not aware of a community-based sample that allows examination of how ICU hospitalization changes risk for dementia.

TL;DR: Investigating the association of decision making with blood sugar indicators in older community-dwelling African American adults with diabetes found lower decision making was associated with higher HbA1c, but not blood glucose.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and diffusion tensor imaging to examine the association between late-life depressive symptoms and white matter structural integrity.

TL;DR: There were no racial differences in the associations for vegetable and green leafy intake, however, the berry*race interaction was significant and increasing berry intake may be an important public health intervention for brain health, particularly among African Americans.