Friday, August 24, 2012

It's all in our heads

Women With Alzheimer’s Deteriorate Faster Than Men
Researchers discovered that men with Alzheimer's consistently and significantly performed better than women with the disease across the five cognitive areas they examined. Most remarkably, the verbal skills of women with Alzheimer's are worse when compared to men with the disease, which is a striking difference to the profile for the healthy population where females have a distinct advantage.
Impaired verbal skills.   Why does that sound so familiar?