Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for estrogen — the use of pills, topical gels, and other applications to supplement estrogen production — is used to treat…
Researchers Eef Hogervorst, Emma O’Donnell, and Rebecca Hardy at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, England share insights on recent findings that the brain-protecting effects of…
Dozens of leading health advocacy organizations call on Congress to double funding for women’s health research. It’s a spend they say will save lives…
Brain health is intricately bound to the health of our heart. In fact, more and more research is showing that cardiovascular conditions, such as…
Roughly two thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s are women, but it isn’t exactly clear why the disease disproportionately impacts females. Given that age is…
This past week, Women’s Health Access Matters (WHAM!) released a research study highlighting the economic disparities in women’s health funding in Alzheimer’s research, and…
Scientific breakthroughs about the biological differences in the brains of men and women are increasingly coming to the forefront. But research on just exactly…
Carolee Lee of WHAM! and Michelle M. Mielke at the Mayo Clinic examine the consequences of ignoring gender and biology in Alzheimer’s research —…
Many non-genetic factors affect our cognitive health and our risk of developing dementia later in our lives, from childhood education to healthy sleep, to…
While women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than men, accounting for two-thirds of the 5.8 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, the two sexes…
As research into Alzheimer’s disease progresses and awareness grows, one fact remains consistent: women are disproportionately affected by the disease. Several theories exist, but…
Alzheimer’s disease does discriminate when it comes to gender. Two thirds of all cases are women, and in the past it was believed that…
Of the 5.8 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s today, two thirds are women. And among dementia caregivers, approximately two-thirds are women — one in…
We know there are differences in men and women’s brains that can translate to varied reactions to environmental, lifestyle and genetic factors. But a…
Preeclampsia—a spike in blood pressure that only occurs during pregnancy or the postpartum period, can be a scary complication of giving birth—in fact, it…