Study finds alzheimer's risk factors hit women harder

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New research from the University of California San Diego shows that several common dementia risk factors affect women's cognitive performance more strongly than men's. The findings help explain why women account for nearly two thirds of Alzheimer's cases in the United States.

Scientists analyzed data from more than 17,000 middle-aged and older adults in the Health and Retirement Study. They examined 13 established risk factors, including hypertension, diabetes, depression, physical inactivity, and hearing loss. The results were published May 19 in the journal Biology of Sex Differences.

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