Why Do Women Develop Alzheimer’s and Cognitive Decline More Than Men? Hormones Might Be the Reason
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alzheimer’s disease, and just cognitive decline in general, is a horrible, horrible disease that many people fear especially as they age. Losing one’s memory doesn’t just hurt the person who is experiencing it, but all the loved ones in that person’s life. It’s scary, sad and difficult to deal with most of the time and women seem to be the ones suffering the most. Almost two-thirds out of the more than 5 million Americans living with diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease are women. Very scary statistic! What is the reason for this disparity between men and women in terms of cognitive decline?...