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.
More medical students are graduating debt-free â many likely coming from wealthier families â but those from lower-income backgrounds face higher debts heading into their residences. New research finds that the average debt that medical school graduates carry has climbed from $161,739 in 2010 to $179,000 in 2016. (Figures are adjusted to 2016 dollars.) Yet fewer students are facing debt at all. That same six-year period saw the number of students graduating with no debt increase by 67 percent.