More 'structural sexism' linked to dementia and yet more diseases

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'Diabetes, age, genetics, heart problems — all these factors have been linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Structural sexism could also contribute to the deadly disease, per a new study.

The concept refers to sweeping trends — such as unequal pay at work, less workplace participation, a lack of representation in state legislature and laws that limit reproductive freedoms — that largely impact women in a negative way.

Women born in states with higher levels of structural sexism experienced the equivalent of nine years of cognitive aging. Researchers — the study was done by Columbia University, Duke University School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and University of California, San Francisco, scientists — think these findings can at least partially explain why women are more likely than men to suffer from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Black women are particularly hard hit.'