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Female stroke victims may benefit from uric acid

Aug 24, 2015 by

There’s evidence that 42% of women who have suffered a stroke and were treated with uric acid had little to no disability (vs. 29% treated with placebo)....

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After concussion, women usually have worse memory problems than men...

Jun 19, 2015 by

Compared to men, women who have experienced a concussion are more likely than men to have ongoing memory problems....

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Women 50-55 on HRT have no risk of memory problems

Mar 23, 2015 by

A study from Wake Forest School of Medicine showed that there is no risk of memory problems or cognitive decline for women on hormone replacement therapy (at least for those between 50-55, which was the study group’s age)....

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Women’s better sense of smell may be due to more brain cells...

Dec 26, 2014 by

New research from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro found that women have more cells in the olfactory bulb area of the brain than men....

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Men take longer to recover from concussion

Jun 26, 2014 by

A new study has found that males take longer to recover from a concussion that females do....

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Premature menopause decreases cognition later

Jun 21, 2014 by

A new study has found that premature menopause (at ore before age 40)  is associated with longterm negative effects on cognition later....

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