November 11, 2020 by NextTribe Editors · Health

What’s “Mommy Brain” Got to Do with Alzheimer’s? New Research Makes a Connection

File this under "U" for "Ugh!" A new (slightly disturbing) study sheds light on which women are more likely to lose memory after age 60

Um, this seems pretty unfair. A new study looking into what causes Alzheimer's disease is sure to give a little extra anxiety and doubt to women who have already been subject to plenty of anxiety and doubt in the past over their choices to work outside the home or not. Just what everyone needs.

For this study, which was published last week in the journal Neurology, a team of researchers gave memory tests to 6,000 women every two years from 1995 through 2016. The women were a mix of mothers and non-mothers, working and non-working, married and single.

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A Time Warp Turns a 63-Year-Old into a Man Magnet for a Day

Or maybe it was pheromones. Or a birthday wish granted. Still, sometimes the planets align and the world sees you differently. As you feel inside.

We raise our glass to the Veuve Clicquot widow, the first modern businesswoman who gave us champagne and launched countless celebrations.

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