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Often when it comes to disease, the sexes are not equal. Dementia, chronic kidney disease, and many other conditions disproportionately affect one sex or another. Heart disease is a complex case: Males are more likely to suffer heart attacks at a younger age; females who suffer heart attacks have more difficulty recovering.

Sex hormones can help explain differences in heart health. 

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Caseloads of Alzheimer’s disease are expected to soar in coming years, with experts warning diagnoses could triple by 2050. These alarming figures have boosted efforts to understand the disease in a bid to find an effective cure.

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A study from Florida State University researchers has found that two common personality traits may have a link to Alzheimer’s disease.

FSU’s College of Medicine discovered changes in the brain associated with the most common form of dementia. They discovered that certain personality traits might be associated with
Alzheimer’s disease — and that they are frequently visible early on in certain individuals.

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Previous research has found that some personality traits are risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. However, scientists have been unable to find a causal link.

The development of amyloid plaques and insoluble tangles of tau proteins in the brain is likewise associated with the disease and related dementias. Now, a new study explores a possible link between personality traits and these health issues.

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The impacts of racism can be deadly—especially in the field of healthcare where disparities highlight health inequities between white and minority communities. A group
of Florida State University Researchers has received a $3-million grant through the National Institutes of Health to help change that.

Sylvie Naar says when she found out she and her team had received the grant, she was in tears, "because it was like we were actually getting funded to do something about
racism in the world."
 

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The Capital Medical Society Foundation awarded $45,500 in scholarships to eight FSU College of Medicine students at a special presentation held at the Tallahassee Regional Campus earlier this month.

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The College of Medicine has been awarded two National Institutes of Health grants which center on racial inequities. A $12.8 million award will center on building a diverse community of early career researchers and will be led by the College of Nursing and College of Arts & Sciences. Sylvie Naar will serve as the principal investigator on a $3.1 million Transformative Research Award tackling racial inequities in the nation's health care system.