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Women’s Brain Health Is Philanthropy’s Next Big Bet

The medical and financial burden of Alzheimer’s falls heavily on women. Research centered on their brains can offer a measurable economic return.

For far too long, Alzheimer’s research has overlooked the differences in how women’s brains are affected by this devastating disease. While science has finally established that women are twice as likely as men to develop Alzheimer’s, we have yet to answer the question of why. Direct investment in research centered on women’s brains can close that gap in our understanding, saving women’s lives while also mitigating the enormous cost of Alzheimer’s, both to households and to the global economy. The potential for philanthropy to step in and help solve one of the world’s greatest health crises cannot be understated.

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Private donors and foundations can often move faster than government agencies or commercial funders, giving researchers the time and resources required to pursue questions that have lacked sufficient support. Research investment centered on women would reach the population bearing most of the disease burden and much of the unpaid care. It would also address an economic exposure that runs through household assets, employment, health spending and retirement security.

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