Each year, over one million women in the U.S. go through menopause, which can cause symptoms including hot flashes, weight gain, low or fluctuating libido and sleep problems. But there’s another change that carries even more health implications: an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Nearly two-thirds of those living with Alzheimer’s in the United States are women, a vulnerability that may begin as early as perimenopause, and relates to oestrogen. Lisa Mosconi, director of the Women’s Brain Initiative and associate director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic […]

Warning signs vary for the rare, but often serious, diagnosis By: Michelle Crouch -  Published February 16, 2022  - Updated January 08, 2024 Roughly 1 million Americans are living with a brain tumour, and nearly 80,000 adults were diagnosed with a primary brain tumour in 2023, according to the National Brain Tumour Society. Each year, 70,000 to 170,000 people are diagnosed with secondary (metastatic) brain tumours, caused by a cancer that started in the lung, colon or elsewhere in the body. Older […]