The Estrogen/Alzheimer's Association: A New Critical Study Just Published in JAMA

In a nutshell? An earlier onset of menopause and a later initiation of hormone therapy were associated with an increase in the tau tangles of Alzheimer's

Four years ago, I interviewed Dr. Lisa Mosconi, a neurologist at Columbia Presbyterian hospital in New York. Dr. Mosconi has a family history of Alzheimer’s, but only the females in her family were stricken. Moreover, she knew that two out every three cases of Alzheimer’s cases involved a female. Could a drop in estrogen at menopause in the female body …