Decoding Dementia (3) Why women are more likely to develop dementia, and how to lower your risk

I am constantly aware that I may develop dementia, the illness that now compromises my mother. One factor that fuels my fear is that I share her gender.

Women are far more likely than men to succumb to dementia. Nearly two-thirds of the five million Americans living with Alzheimer’s – the most common form of dementia – are women.