A Menopause Treatment Seems To Lower Dementia Risk By Up To 26%

Its effectiveness may depend on factors like when you first started your period.

Roughly 65% of people living with dementia are women. Researchers aren’t sure exactly why, but longer lifespans and even menopause might play a role in this risk.

The jury is still out on whether or not oestrogen has a protective effect on the brain, though some research done on rats showed that the hormone increased the connections in the memory part of their brain.

But a new paper published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia has suggested that the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in menopause could lower dementia risk by as much as 26%.

HRT is a treatment that replaces the hormones oestrogen and progesterone that a person’s body naturally runs low on during menopause. It can come in patch, gel, or pill forms, and is usually offered because it reduces........

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