A collaborative study including Mr. Joseph Lowry, Ms. Anissa Austin, and Mr. Hasan Al-Sayegh, alumni of Georgia Southern University Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, examine impaired verbal memory as a significant predictor of early cerebral-cardiovascular death. The report is co-authored by Dr. Jian Zhang, associate professor of epidemiology. The study concluded that the predictability of memory scores to early cerebral-cardiovascular deaths demonstrated that central challenge among individuals with cognitive impairment was cardiovascular diseases management.