Alzheimer Disease

Estrogen Patch May Improve Memory For Women With AD

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 13th, 2001

Here's another round in the ongoing debate over whether estrogen can help with the symptoms of Alzheimer disease: a new study shows that an estrogen skin patch given to women with mild to moderate Alzheimer disease can improve their memory and attention skills.

Either the estrogen patch or a placebo patch was given to 20 women for eight weeks for the study, which was published in the August 28, 2001, issue of Neurology.

"These results are hopeful, but they need to be confirmed with larger studies with more participants and longer treatment times," said study author Sanjay Asthana, MD, who conducted the study while at the VA Puget Sound Health...

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