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Why women get Alzheimer’s more often than men (news.stanford.edu)

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[–] JokklMaster@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

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

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

Kinda funny because I thought it was the opposite.

[+] Aarrodri@lemmy.world -8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Tldr 1 They live longer 2 Genetics 3 Whore moans.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Worst tldr ever. Bad bot.

[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

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

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 months ago

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