Spouse’s age determines women’s nursing home admission risk, study finds
By
McKnight's Staff
Apr 19, 2012
The age difference between married couples likely accounts for why women are 40% more likely to become nursing home residents than men, new research reveals.
Education changes may account for reduced sex differences in cognitive aging: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 02, 2021
In an older birth cohort, women had poorer verbal fluency scores than men, a measure that’s been linked to dementia risk. But this difference progressively reversed in groups that were born more...