We know that varying levels of estrogen during menopause affect the brain. A big drop in estrogen, according to experts, could lead to cognitive…
December 27, 2017 Reisa Sperling, MD, swore that she would find a cure for Alzheimer’s after she lost her grandfather to the disease when…
December 6, 2017 Studies show that two-thirds of people with Alzheimer’s are women. To put that into perspective: By age 65, one in six…
October 12, 2017 Menopause is usually associated with physical discomfort—hot flashes, insomnia, sweating. But the hormonal changes that take place during menopause, which can…
October 5, 2017 Researchers are still trying to figure out how Alzheimer’s and other dementias strike men and women differently, and how vascular brain…
Estrogen’s role in the brain is complicated when it comes to how it affects memory. According to Gillian Einstein, Ph.D, a neuroscientist at the…
For decades scientists have ignored crucial gender differences in the way men and women experience disease. With research on everything from stroke to cancer…
What is it like to live with Alzheimer’s disease? The Being Patient Podcast gives a rare account of what it’s like to live with Alzheimer’s from the patient’s perspective. The first of an ongoing series, we feature Brian Kursonis. Diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s in his fifties, Brian explains why it took a year to get a diagnosis and how he’s fighting a declining memory.
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