Hormone Replacement Therapy For Menopausal Women May Not Dim Memory, May Improve Mood.

Science Now” blog, a 662-participant study published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Medicine found that women at midlife “who received hormone-replacement therapy soon after entering menopause did not experience declines in memory or other measures of cognitive health,” while “menopausal women who followed an oral estrogen-plus-progesterone regimen were less prone to depression and had better mood.” The study’s findings show further evidence that, “for women who take hormone replacements close to the time of their last period, and who stay on it for just a few years rather than decades, easing the symptoms of menopause may not be so dangerous.” http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-menopause-hormone-replacement-cognition-20150602-story.html