Author(s): Calvo N; Siddiqui R; Phillips N; Einstein G;

Background: Globally, females are at twice the risk of AD than males; in Canada, over 700,000 are living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia (ADRDs), with 72% being female. However, females maintain verbal memory in the face of more AD pathology than men. It is unclear how multilingualism, considered a resilience factor, might interact with ...

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Author(s): Brown A; Gervais NJ; Gravelsins L; O' Byrne J; Calvo N; Ramana S; Shao Z; Bernardini M; Jacobson M; Rajah MN; Einstein G;

Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO; removal of ovaries and fallopian tubes) prior to age 48 is associated with elevated risk for both Alzheimer's disease (AD) and sleep disorders such as insomnia and sleep apnea. In early midlife, individuals with BSO show reduced hippocampal volume, functi ...

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