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Men experience more brain atrophy with age despite women’s higher Alzheimer’s risk

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Women are far more likely than men to end up with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This may, at least partially, be due to women’s longer average lifespans, but many scientists think there is probably more to the story. It would be easy to surmise that the increased risk is also related to differences in the way men’s and women’s brains change as they age. However, the research thus far has been unclear, as results across different brain regions and methods have been inconsistent.

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