Victor W. Henderson, professor of neurology and neurological sciences at Stanford University, discusses the significance of gender in the way people experience Alzheimers disease. What is normal versus abnormal cognitive function in women versus men? Learn more about what can be done to prevent this disease, which currently has no cure, may become a global epidemic as the population ages.
The description for this video is completely wrong. The lecture does not address "the significance of gender in the way people experience Alzheimers disease," nor "what is normal versus abnormal cognitive function in women versus men," nor "what can be done to prevent this disease." Instead, it discusses the apparently contradictory results of a number of studies done on the effects of hormone replacement therapy on cognitive function and Alzheimer's risk and proposes explanations for said.
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