Females, on average, live nearly five years longer than males. They also tend to experience age-related cognitive decline at ...

“In typical aging, women have a brain that looks younger, with fewer cognitive deficits compared to men,” said Dr. Dena Dubal ...

At least $65 million slated for 14 of 35 Alzheimer's disease research centers is in limbo, with funding expected to run out ...

Greek philosopher Empedocles thought that different temperatures produced different sexes—while others were decidedly ...

Women possess two X chromosomes, one of which is usually "silent." This latter chromosome, long considered inactive in women, ...

A new study out of the University of California San Francisco indicates that women’s brains might be better suited for aging, ...

Now researchers might have uncovered a source for this resilience: the second X chromosome in female cells that was ...

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In a surprise, work in mice has found that the dormant X chromosome in females can reawaken late in life and turn on genes that keep the brain healthy.