Experts have long known that women are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. They’re twice as likely to be affected as men.
Now scientists say they may be on their way to understanding why that’s the case - pinpointing two stark differences between men and women. Firstly, women have different chromosomes than men. They also undergo menopause: a process that occurs when a woman’s reproductive hormones naturally decline starting in her 40s and 50s.
