Illustration of classic car on a brain

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Illustration by Peter and Maria Hoey

Men and old cars? A natural. Men and doctors’ visits? Oil and water. To bridge these disparate attitudes, Rutgers University–Newark held its Classic Car Show and Men’s Brain Health Fair in April, when a parade of 30 classic cars were on campus—as were information tables and health experts to inform middle-aged and older men, and their families, how to maintain brain health and prevent ailments like Alzheimer’s, which afflicts African-American men at higher rates. Learn more at brainhealth.rutgers.edu.