Valuy@lemmy.zip to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhy women get Alzheimer’s more often than mennews.stanford.eduexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkWhy women get Alzheimer’s more often than mennews.stanford.eduValuy@lemmy.zip to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squareAarrodri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down17·2 months agoTldr 1 They live longer 2 Genetics 3 Whore moans.
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 months agoWorst tldr ever. Bad bot.
minus-squareinfeeeee@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoUnexpected 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.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYou’d think any study would use life-span-adjusted stats, but I almost never see that.
Tldr 1 They live longer 2 Genetics 3 Whore moans.
Worst tldr ever. Bad bot.
Unexpected spelling, but actually those are the key points of the article:
You’d think any study would use life-span-adjusted stats, but I almost never see that.