In Alzheimer's disease (and other forms of dementia), the hippocampus is one of the first regions of the brain to suffer damage; short-term memory loss and disorientation are included among the early symptoms.
Student Debt Crisis 2016: New Graduates Owe A Record-Breaking Average $37,000 In Loans. Students throw their mortarboards in the air during their graduation photograph at the University of Birmingham (England) degree congregations, July 14, 2009.
The nation's college students set another record for debt in 2015, according to the latest annual report of The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS). Fully 68% of graduating seniors had student loans, and their average debt load rose 4% over the previous year's record to $30,100. That means the majority of new college graduates are facing monthly student loan payments in excess of $300 a month over the next 10 years. Especially worrisome: 19% of those loans were private debts, which are loans issued by private companies such as banks, instead of the standard student loans issued by the federal government.