Study: Women Starting Hormone Therapy In Their 50s May Lower Dementia Risk
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Study: Women Starting Hormone Therapy In Their 50s May Lower Dementia Risk
Women who used HRT for at least a year had a 10% lower risk of developing dementia than women who never used it. The post Study: Women Starting Hormone Therapy In Their 50s May Lower Dementia Risk appeared first on StudyFinds.
The time at which a woman starts hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in midlife may affect her risk of developing dementia later in life, according to a new British study. The research team led by the Universities of East Anglia and Exeter that conducted the study examined medical data from more than 183,000 postmenopausal women who ... More www.ertnews.gr
This content was originally published in Agora RN - Rio Grande do Norte News Portal. Visit https://agorarn.com.br for more Christmas and RN news. Hormonal replacement therapy, used decades ago to control heat waves, night sweats and other symptoms of menopause, may also have a relationship with brain health. A large study found a 16% lower risk of Alzheimer's disease among women who did the treatment compared to those who never used the therapy.…
According to a new study that examined data from more than 180,000 women, hormone therapy may reduce the risk of dementia. Dementia is more common in women than in men. This difference is partly due to women having a longer average life expectancy. This trend may also be related to the effects of menopause on brain metabolism and the higher prevalence of the Apoe4 gene, a major risk factor for Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia, in wo…
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