{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Thinking In Psychiatry","title":"Why is Alzheimer’s More Common in Women?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/7876cc6e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":834,"description":"Access the mentioned paper here:Trying to Unravel Why Alzheimer Disease Is More Common in WomenBy Rita Rubin, MAhttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2839498# Access mentioned courses here:Women’s Mental Health Course:https://psychscene.co/41RwJx2 Alzheimer’s Disease Course:https://psychscene.co/4vNaeqH In this episode, Dr Sanil Rege examines why Alzheimer’s disease is more common in women and what this means for clinical assessment, prevention, and treatment.The discussion reviews a 2025 JAMA medical news feature (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2839498#) on sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease and outlines a life-course model showing how sex-related vulnerability may shape disease onset, progression, and clinical expression.This video provides clinicians with a sex-informed clinical framework for assessing Alzheimer’s risk in women through the lens of hormonal transitions, cognitive reserve, and later-life neurodegenerative expression.Chapters:00:21 Alzheimer’s Disease in Women02:59 Beyond Longevity03:40 Survival Differences After Dementia Diagnosis04:34 Tau Pathology and Steeper Later Decline06:00 Menopause and Hormonal Vulnerability08:11 Modifiable Midlife Risk Factors in Women13:18 A Sex-Informed Life-Course Formulation1#Alzheimer's #Psychiatry #Dementia","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Lw4BM23swTaSGSQDTeu0xzNWxYaebSgRjmLxoDtrgeI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ODdl/Zjc0NjU1ZmNhZjVi/ZWFiMmQ2NDg1YjVi/NzI4NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}