Men & Memory Loss

By Laura Fay, posted on June 18, 2008 at 12:32 am

I was reading a government report on aging related statistics, and was intrigued to note that about 15% of men aged 65+ report memory loss compared with only 11% of women of the same age group and the gap widens significantly after the age of 85. So I ponder….why is it that women have a higher propensity to take preventative measures to engage in brain training at higher rate then men, with a view to staying sharp and deferring decline? So here’s a brain teaser – which is the cause and which is the effect? Interested in your thoughts…

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