Hormone replacement therapy is associated with improved verbal declarative memory in healthy relatively recent postmenopausal women.

Papavasiliou, E. and Sünram-Lea, Sandra I. (2006) Hormone replacement therapy is associated with improved verbal declarative memory in healthy relatively recent postmenopausal women. Annals of General Psychiatry, 5 (Supple). p. 122. ISSN 1744-859X

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Abstract

The efficacy of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for cognitive health in postmenopausal women has been systematically questioned during the last decade. Although epidemiological and clinical research have suggested that HRT may exert protective effects on the prophylaxis of neurodegenerative diseases and beneficial effects on cognitive function, the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS) contradicted these claims. The purpose of this study was to reassess the effects of HRT on cognitive function in an attempt to account for two potential confounding factors that might have generated the negative clinical findings reported by the WHIMS i.e. subjects' age and educational level.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Annals of General Psychiatry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2738
Subjects:
?? psychiatry and mental healthbf psychology ??
ID Code:
9333
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Deposited On:
04 Jun 2008 14:47
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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13 Oct 2024 23:55