Tag: Can Hormone Therapy Raise Your Risk for Alzheimer’s?

The age women start taking menopausal hormone therapy and the kind they take might affect their chances of developing dementia later in life, a new study found.

Women have struggled for years with whether to take hormone therapy when they go through menopause. The medication can help relieve troubling symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats. However, years of conflicting research on whether the therapy can lead to other health problems, including breast cancer, dementia and heart attacks, has left many women confused about what to do.