New evidence suggests there may be a critical window for hormone replacement therapy use in women to maintain estrogen levels and protect against cognitive decline.

Longer reproductive lifespan, childbirth and extended hormone replacement therapy are associated with lower dementia risk in ...

However, these results were only seen in women who start hormone therapy within five years of hitting menopause. While research is still ongoing, doctors break down what this means for you and your ...

For more than 20 years, women entering menopause were told to be afraid of hormone replacement therapy. Headlines warned of ...

Women's Health Initiative (WHI)—made headlines. As an ongoing study launched in the '90s, the WHI asked: could menopause ...

A growing understanding of how “reproductive” hormones sculpt the brain could transform the management of neurological conditions. Credit...Yuko Shimizu Supported by By Rachel E. Gross Estrogen is the ...

Experts have long known that women are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. They’re twice as likely to be affected as men. Now scientists say they may be on their way to understanding ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Two missing words tipped off Heidi Long that her mother might have dementia. Nearly a decade ago, in the ...

A FAT jab could help slow down Alzheimer’s by slashing brain shrinkage, according to a small British study. Liraglutide, the GLP-1 drug already used to manage type 2 diabetes, has sparked ...