Women primarily produce estrogen and progesterone, which influence neural plasticity (the brain's ability to remodel itself). Men, on the other hand, are dominated by testosterone, a hormone that ...

There’s even some evidence that testosterone could have a protective effect in men’s brains—and could potentially help women, too (but more studies are needed).

Women tend to outlive men and stay mentally sharp longer, ... A machine-learned algorithm showed that women's brains were on average about 3.8 years younger than their chronological ages.

A Nevada-based clinic is working to tackle answers to why more women than men are diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Women make up about two-thirds of the more than 7 million Americans currently ...