Study shows Alzheimer’s worsens faster with women than men | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Study shows Alzheimer’s worsens faster with women than men | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "Women who display the early signs of mental decline that can precede Alzheimer’s disease deteriorate faster than men with the same condition, a new study has found.

Another study suggests that women’s daily activities and cognitive abilities decline faster than men’s after undergoing surgery with general anesthesia. A third study has found that an abnormal protein that plays a key role in triggering Alzheimer’s accumulates at higher rates in women’s brains than in men’s.

The new research, presented this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Washington, lends additional support to the view that women run a higher risk than men of developing Alzheimer’s disease and may be more vulnerable to its damaging effects once the illness gets going."



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