November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, and many people don’t realize that of the 5.8 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, nearly two-thirds are women. The reason for this striking discrepancy isn’t yet known, and proposed theories range from differences in hormones and lifestyle factors to life span and other biological variations.
USC researchers are studying the gender gap in how Alzheimer’s impacts the brain, as well as its toll on the family.
Alzheimer’s in women: The estrogen hypothesis
“Biological changes, particularly those that occur during menopause,…
