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.
Student loan debt continues to pile up on America's college graduates, topping an average $29,000 per student last year. The average debt load for the class of 2012 was $29,400, according to a report released Wednesday by the Institute for College Access & Success' Project on Student Debt. In 2011, the average debt load was $26,600.