Post by Stanford University School of Medicine

Two-thirds of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease today are women. Why would the devastating degenerative brain disease that impacts 55 million people worldwide affect women differently than men? And are there things women should be doing to protect themselves from what seems to be a greater risk? The answers are more complicated than you might hope, according to two Stanford Medicine experts who have dedicated much of their careers to Alzheimer’s research. https://stan.md/4c2GVay