Randall Wright
Board-certified neurologist and Director of the Brain Wellness, Neurology and Sleep Medicine Programs at Houston Methodist The Woodlands; recipient of the Houston Medical Forum's inaugural Physician of the Year award.
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Oct 19, 2026
Randall WrightGUEST
Yeah, so interestingly enough, those numbers are not necessarily unique to dementia.
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Those same numbers play a role in almost many conditions that affect the brain.
Randall WrightGUEST
From stroke, it's the same ratios of African-Americans being affected more than other races, followed by the Hispanic population.
Randall WrightGUEST
So I would actually argue we should expand the conversation not just to say that these are unique to dementia, but it's unique to almost anything.
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And it really points down to there's more to this story than just asking about the risk factors.
Randall WrightGUEST
There's way more to it that I would love to help kind of unpack for everyone tonight is that there's a lot to it.
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Randall WrightGUEST
stroke, CVA, cerebrovascular accident, was what it used to be called because we just thought that it happened to someone.