Hey, this is Durey. I'm going to post it to people in this episode. It's me, D.R.

Kai and Miles talking about all the news that you didn't hear. And then I sit down with

a new Shay Hussein to talk about her new book, The Paying App, How Sexism and Racism

and Healthcare Kill Women. My advice for this week is to have the tough conversation even

when it's uncomfortable, even in the Simperfection. Recently, I had a tough conversation. I knew

it was the right thing to do. I was like, working my way through it in real time. And it was

imperfect, but important and necessary. And I feel like in our lives, there are a lot of

things that we need to do and say that are imperfect or waiting for the perfect thing.

Or we are trying to find the best way and sometimes you just got to work through it. So go

do the thing, have the conversation 2021. The truth is always the best story to tell. Let's

go. Don't go anywhere. More positive to people's coming.

My news today is about Alzheimer's disease and other dementia in black and Latina women.

It turns out, and I did not know this until I read this article, that about six million

Americans have dementia. Two-thirds of them are women. Black people are twice as likely

to have Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia compared to white people. Latino people are

one and a half times more likely. And even though there's an elevated risk for our communities,

black and Latino people are less likely to receive a diagnosis than white people. This

is problematic for many reasons. As you can probably guess, that means that our treatment,

our access to treatment is limited. It means that we can't plan appropriately for our families.

And lots of times, it means worst health outcomes. Many of you know that these disparities

come from systemic gaps. We have a lack of culturally competent providers. There are

socioeconomic inequities, a mistrust of doctors. There's stigma about symptoms of dementia.

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