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Researchers investigate theory linking severe #menopausal symptoms to #dementia - Victoria Times Colonist https://www.timescolonist.com/life/researchers-investigate-theory-linking-severe-menopausal-symptoms-to-dementia-8290790 “The overall wide-ranging study involves 2,400 people across Canada, who are asked a number of questions about their cognition, behaviour, function, health, wellness, lifestyle, diet, exercise, vitamin supplements, medications, medical and psychiatric conditions and quality of life. “
“Ismail's research on the effects of menopause on the brain involves health data from 800 of them, all womenwith an average age of 64.
"a woman who presented in the emergency room with a whole host of brain symptoms, both cognition and psychiatric, and it turned out she was just in early menopause," Ismail said.
"So instead of treating her for these neurological and psychiatric conditions, we normalized her estrogen and her symptoms resolved.
"That was the genesis of this study."
@auscandoc I wish that guy in the photo didn't look so happy about it!
@LaChasseuse He’s happy that he’s making a difference?
@auscandoc Well, there is that 