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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Menopause hormonal therapy found linked to Alzheimer’s risk

Older women who take menopausal hormone therapy may be at a higher risk of Alzheimer's.

A study published in Science Advances on Wednesday found faster accumulation of tau proteins – implicated in Alzheimer's – in the brains of women over 70 who had taken the hormone therapy a decade earlier.

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