Exploring the neurological male-female divide in dementia

(University of Pittsburgh) Fifty million people worldwide are living with dementia. Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, afflicts 5.8 million Americans, and nearly two-thirds are women. Despite the staggering disparity among the sexes, researchers have yet to discover how biological factors affect this disease. The University of Pittsburgh's Bistra Iordanova believes that disease treatment is not a one-size-fits-all approach. She received an NIH award to study how sex differences contribute to cognitive impairment and dementia.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news