Does Hormone Therapy Boost Brain Power?
The findings are the latest addition to a complicated picture of the possible link between hormones and mental functioning in women. Some researchers think hormone therapy may help improve brain function and prevent Alzheimer’s disease after menopause. But then there are studies that show little impact on thinking and memory, or different impacts depending on the age of women being treated.
One recent study of women in surgical menopause – when the uterus and ovaries are removed – suggested that estrogen might provide a memory benefit, but that testosterone canceled out some of that benefit when women took both hormones.
“Since many women during the time of menopausal transition complain about cognitive impairment it has been suggested that estrogen may have a beneficial effect on memory and cognitive abilities,” while “testosterone is suggested to improve spatial
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