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Eef Hogervorst, Professor of Biological Psychology, Loughborough University

Hormone therapy and dementia risk: what a new study says about menopause treatment

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Hormone therapy is widely used to treat menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes and night sweats. But scientists have long debated whether it affects dementia risk.

A new study adds another piece to this puzzle. It suggests that an Alzheimer’s biomarker may help identify which women are more vulnerable to dementia with certain hormone therapies.

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