Why are women twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s as men? (news.harvard.edu)

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago

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.

Any competent statistical/scientific study will account for obvious population disparities.

[-] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago

My theory is that nano and microplastics accumulate differently in women due to fatty tissue differences , and this is somehow an intermediate step

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