▲ 23 ▼ Why women get Alzheimer’s more often than men (news.stanford.edu) submitted 5 months ago by Valuy@lemmy.zip to c/science@lemmy.world 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Aarrodri@lemmy.world -8 points 5 months ago (3 children) Tldr 1 They live longer 2 Genetics 3 Whore moans. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 child) Worst tldr ever. Bad bot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 14 points 5 months ago Unexpected spelling, but actually those are the key points of the article: Women get Alzheimer’s more than men, but mostly because they live longer. The gene that matters most affects more women than men. The jury is still out on how hormone therapy might relate to dementia. More research is needed before clinicians treat Alzheimer’s differently in women and men. The same lifestyle interventions are recommended in men and women – but the effects could be different. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 point 5 months ago You'd think any study would use life-span-adjusted stats, but I almost never see that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 child) Worst tldr ever. Bad bot. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 14 points 5 months ago Unexpected spelling, but actually those are the key points of the article: Women get Alzheimer’s more than men, but mostly because they live longer. The gene that matters most affects more women than men. The jury is still out on how hormone therapy might relate to dementia. More research is needed before clinicians treat Alzheimer’s differently in women and men. The same lifestyle interventions are recommended in men and women – but the effects could be different. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 14 points 5 months ago Unexpected spelling, but actually those are the key points of the article: Women get Alzheimer’s more than men, but mostly because they live longer. The gene that matters most affects more women than men. The jury is still out on how hormone therapy might relate to dementia. More research is needed before clinicians treat Alzheimer’s differently in women and men. The same lifestyle interventions are recommended in men and women – but the effects could be different. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 point 5 months ago You'd think any study would use life-span-adjusted stats, but I almost never see that. permalink fedilink source parent