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.
According to the Federal Reserve, there are over 17 million student loan borrowers under the age of 30 in the U.S. These 17 million people hold a total of $376.3 billion in debt. The average monthly student loan payment for a borrower in their 20s is $351, and the median monthly payment is $203. That means that Americans in their 20s with student loan debt each have an average balance of about $22,135. Millennials in their 30s may have been dealt the worst hand of all. Twelve million people between the ages of 30 and 39 hold a whopping total of $408.4 billion dollars in debt.