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

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

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

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

Study in mice and human cadavers hints that a brain-protective gene in the chromosome becomes more active with age.

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

Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) may have uncovered a key reason why women tend to outlive men and maintain better cognitive function as they age. Their research ...

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.

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

Reawakening of the dormant X chromosome may explain why women experience slower cognitive aging, opening new avenues for ...

Researchers identified a gene that seems to help slow brain aging in women, and studied links between hormone therapy, ...