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Why are risks greater for women to develop Alzheimer's?

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 5.8 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and nearly two-thirds of them are women. Researchers have been trying to pinpoint the reason why the disease affects more women than men and why it seems to progress more quickly in women’s brains for quite some time. Up until a few years ago, many researchers believed that more women were living with Alzheimer’s simply because they tend to live longer than men.  But...