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How do hormones influence the risk of having Alzheimer’s disease?

Both men and women rely on estrogen for various bodily functions like bone health, cell production, and brain function. However, men don't experience the same drop in estrogen levels.

Instead, they undergo andropause in their 40s, where the testes produce less testosterone. This testosterone loss during andropause is linked to a higher risk of Alzheimer's in men.

Researchers haven't firmly connected menopause to genetic Alzheimer's risk, but they have found that women are more likely than men to carry the ApoE4 gene associated with Alzheimer's.

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