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Why are women twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s as men? (news.harvard.edu)
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[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (5 children)

my theory: men get themselves killed sooner doing stupid shit before the symptoms of the disease get time to truly manifest themselves.

and that skews the results of this study.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Why does nobody read articles before weighing in?

They discuss this and discount it in the opening paragraphs.

One might be tempted to explain the disparity as a natural consequence of women living longer. But those studying the disease say that wouldn’t account for such a large difference, and they’re not precisely sure what would.

While many factors may be at play, researchers are zeroing in on two where the biological differences between women and men are clear: chromosomes and menopause

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