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.

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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...