Cognitive Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: Gender Matters
Victor W. Henderson, professor of neurology and neurological sciences at Stanford University, discusses the significance of gender in the way people experience Alzheimer's disease. What is normal versus abnormal cognitive function in women versus men? Learn more about what can be done to prevent this disease, which currently has no cure, may become a global epidemic as the population ages.
| Cognitive Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: Gender Matters |
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