HRT could help ward off dementia - but only if women take it when their menopause begins

HRT could help ward off dementia - but only if women take it when their menopause begins Hormone replacement therapy can reduce the risk of dementia in women with early menopause – but only if they start treatment promptly, a study suggests.

Women make up around two-thirds of people with Alzheimer's, with early menopause linked to a heightened risk of the illness.

Now a study claims that those who are prescribed HRT from the onset of symptoms are at no greater risk. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Association of Age at Menopause and Hormone Therapy Use With Tau and β-Amyloid Positron Emission Tomography (abstract) JAMA Neurology