Dementia
Estrogen therapy may increase risk of dementia in older women
Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 29th, 2004
The WHIMS article reported that estrogen therapy does not decrease, but may increase, the risk of probable dementia in women age 65 and older using hormones compared to women taking placebo.
Physicians should consider these data as part of the individualized assessment of the appropriateness of postmenopausal hormone therapy. According to Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (WYE), however, these data may not directly apply to newly menopausal women, a group not studied in WHIMS.
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