Men’s brains shrink faster with age, yet women remain far more likely to develop Alzheimer’s — and no one fully knows why.

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 ...

Women are affected by severe depression twice as often as men. The reasons for this have not yet been fully clarified. One ...

New evidence has found that male brains really may shrink faster than female brains with age. Among 4,726 participants with ...

Previous research investigating sex differences in brain ageing has shown mixed results, Ravndal adds. Several studies have ...

Women are affected by severe depression twice as often as men. The reasons for this have not yet been fully clarified.

Women are twice as likely as men to develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) and multiple sclerosis (MS), and two-thirds experience ...

Are men less likely to hear babies crying at night? Is this a biological difference in hearing sensitivity, or something else ...

Brain tumours can develop silently, with early symptoms often subtle and easily overlooked. Common warning signs include ...

That changed in 2014, when Swedish scientists showed that Y loss in blood cells correlates with how long men live – those who ...

Multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease each affect women more often than men, about two to three times as often, ...