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Alzheimer's risk may be 35% lower with common menopause treatment, study finds

Alzheimer's Association VP Rachel Conant joins 'Fox News Live' to discuss policy hurdles blocking access to breakthrough Alzheimer's treatments. Women who used estrogen-only menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) were less likely to develop Alzheimer’s-related brain changes or dementia, according to a large Stanford study published Aug. 12 in Neurology. The researchers analyzed post-mortem data from 21,462 participants, comparing 258 women who reported estrogen-only MHT use with approximately 2,701 women who reported no MHT use. The researchers examined the brains for signs of Alzheimer’s disease, including amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid-plaque density. Plaques and tangles are two hallmark brain changes associated with the common dementia. ALZHEIMER'S BLOOD TESTS MAY PREDICT SYMPTOMS YEARS IN ADVANCE, BUT EXPERTS URGE CAUTION The wome

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Alzheimer's risk may be 35% lower with common menopause treatment, study finds

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