Why women get Alzheimer’s more often than men

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/04/why-alzheimers-more-common-women-rates-by-sex

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JokklMaster@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 103d

Hey this is what I'm doing my PhD dissertation on.

HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 102d

Kinda funny because I thought it was the opposite.

Aarrodri@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 103d (3 replies)

Tldr 1 They live longer 2 Genetics 3 Whore moans.

Smoogs@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 103d (1 reply)

Worst tldr ever. Bad bot.

infeeeee@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 103d

Unexpected spelling, but actually those are the key points of the article:

  1. Women get Alzheimer’s more than men, but mostly because they live longer.
  2. The gene that matters most affects more women than men.
  3. The jury is still out on how hormone therapy might relate to dementia.
  4. More research is needed before clinicians treat Alzheimer’s differently in women and men.
  5. The same lifestyle interventions are recommended in men and women – but the effects could be different.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 103d

You'd think any study would use life-span-adjusted stats, but I almost never see that.