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 ...

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

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

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.

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

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, ...

A special edition of the journal Science focuses on women's health, including links between estrogen and dementia, at a time ...

Females carry two X chromosomes. One of them is ensconced in a corner in the cell called the Barr body, where it can’t express many genes, and scientists thought it didn’t do much of anything. But the ...

A new study has found that a "silent" chromosome in women could be aiding their brain's cognitive abilities later in life ...