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Oct 2020
1h 52m

Why Women Are More Likely to Develop Alz...

Dr Rangan Chatterjee: GP & Author
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Women's brain health remains one of the most under researched, under diagnosed and under undertreated fields of medicine. Women are twice as likely as men to develop Alzheimer’s and twice as likely to become anxious or depressed. They are four times more likely to suffer with headaches and migraines and they are more prone to brain tumours and strokes than m ... Show More
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