Estrogen

Women who have been exposed to more estrogen due in part to reproductive history are less likely to show brain shrinkage tied to Alzheimer’s disease, investigators say.

Cognitive outcomes similar with warfarin, dabigatran in older patients with Afib … Risks of drug therapy after stent placement may now outweigh benefits, researchers say … More exposure to estrogen...

Lifelong treatment is required to keep osteoporosis under control in post-menopausal women, and hormone therapy is often the best choice to prevent further bone loss, according to the North American Menopause...

A longer duration of estrogen exposure – extended by hormone therapy – is linked to better cognitive status in older adult women, a new study has found.

More stroke survivors should take statins: study … Artificial intelligence helps scientists predict depression outcomes … Inflammation the likely culprit in gene linked to Parkinson’s, Crohn’s...

Alzheimer’s vaccine shows promise in study … Vitamin D and estradiol guard against metabolic syndrome … Cause and possible treatment for hardened arteries found … Education, intelligence protect...

Topical estrogen treatments are an effective replacement for antibiotics in preventing urinary tract infections in older women, recently published research suggests.