Dementia is a broad term describing a decline in cognitive function that impairs memory, thinking, and daily functioning. While it affects both men and women worldwide, research consistently shows ...

In case women and people assigned female at birth didn't have enough problems, a study revealed that some of us may be at higher risk for dementia than others—and that's a portion of us who are ...

While occasionally forgetting where you put your keys or not remembering something on your to-do list happens to all of us, frequent memory lapses may be an early sign of dementia, especially in women ...

Older women experiencing increased daytime sleepiness may need to pay attention to more than just feeling tired. Revolutionary research from the University of California, San Francisco has uncovered a ...

Hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, urinary tract infections, irregular periods, low libido, trouble sleeping, brain fog, mood swings – and in rare cases, even a burning tongue sensation. What ...

Emerging evidence suggests there may be a critical window for estrogen therapy to protect against cognitive decline later in ...

As a health writer who entered this field after years of battling to have my own symptoms taken seriously, I'm no stranger to the stark disparities in how men and women are diagnosed—and treated—for ...

But in people with dementia —which is an umbrella term for mental decline and can be related to a number of diseases such as ...

Usually, when you have all the biomarkers or "pathology" of a disease, that means you have the disease and will likely experience the symptoms and side effects that come with it. Here's what you need ...

It happens. You’re mid-sentence when you realize you totally forgot what you’re saying, or you’re driving to work—on a route you’ve traveled 100 times—but you take a wrong turn. The truth is that ...

Men had higher mortality and hospitalization rates than women after a dementia diagnosis. These relationships held even after controlling for age and comorbidity burden. The study was based on over ...