Why Women Are Twice as Likely to Get Alzheimer's and What To Do About It | Sandy Gleysteen

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Opublikowano: 2026-05-25

Sandy Gleysteen, award-winning journalist turned Alzheimer’s advocate and Chief Communications Officer at the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement (WAM), joins us to unpack why women bear a disproportionate share of Alzheimer’s risk and what can actually be done about it. The conversation covers the critical role of estrogen as a neuroprotector, the window of opportunity around perimenopause and HRT, and the surprising finding that up to 50% of Alzheimer’s cases may be preventable through lifestyle. WHAT WE EXPLORE * Why two-thirds of Alzheimer’s cases are women, and the estrogen connection * Perimenopause as a critica...