3.13.20 | Alzheimer's Disease SWHR Feedback to Senate Finance Health Subcommittee on Alzheimer’s Research Priorities
SWHR sent comments to the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care in response to its call for feedback related to […]
8.13.19 | Alzheimer's Disease Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease
A growing body of evidence shows that Alzheimer’s disease differs between women and men. SWHR's second interdisciplinary roundtable on Alzheimer's explored trends in research on sex and gender differences in the disease.
10.1.18 | Alzheimer's Disease Why Sex Matters in Alzheimer’s Disease
In this commentary for the Association for Women in Science Magazine, SWHR highlights how it is becoming increasingly clear that […]
9.1.18 | Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer’s Hits Men and Women Differently, and We Need to Understand Why
Growing older may be inevitable, but getting Alzheimer’s disease is not. Although we can’t stop the aging process, which is […]
8.14.18 | Research and Clinical Trials Studying Sex Differences Benefits Both Women and Men — Here’s Why
Most of what we know about human health and disease is based on research on men. This is because, until the 1990s, women of reproductive age were actively excluded from most clinical trials. Thanks to efforts by many organizations, including ours, this is changing.
6.13.18 | Alzheimer's Disease Studying Sex Differences Will Improve Health for Women and Men
In a commentary for STAT, SWHR highlights the need to study the role that differences between women and men play […]
6.12.18 | Alzheimer's Disease Sex Matters: Addressing the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Gap
To prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease, scientists need to better understand how the disease differs between women and men, according to a paper published June 12 in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.
6.12.18 | Alzheimer's Disease Understanding the Impact of Sex and Gender in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Call to Action
A growing body of research shows us that Alzheimer’s disease differs between women and men, from disease risk and presentation […]
10.27.17 | Alzheimer's Disease Imaging The Effects Of Menopausal Hormone Therapy On The Brain
Imaging provides a window into brain changes due to dementia decades before someone begins to show clinical symptoms of the disease. Volume of the brain gradually declines with advancing age, but this decline takes a faster course in people who experience more cognitive decline than is expected for their age and go on to develop dementia.
