Brain Changes In Menopause May Leave Women 'Vulnerable' To Dementia

About twice as many women as men experience dementia. Researchers don’t know for sure why that is, though Ayesha Sherzai, neurologist and codirector of the Brain Health and Alzheimer’s Prevention Programme at Loma Linda University Medical Centre, previously said hormones may play a role.

“Oestrogen is a very important factor in memory creation and in brain health,” she said.Some think its decline in menopause may affect our risk.

A new Cambridge study, which analysed 125,000 participants in the UK Biobank...