‘Risk factors’: Study suggests severe menopausal symptoms linked to dementia – CTV

Feb. 12, 2024

CALGARY – A University of Calgary study suggests that severe symptoms of menopause can act as early warning signs for dementia.
Dr. Zahinoor Ismail, a professor of psychiatry, neurology, epidemiology and pathology at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, said the result comes from an ongoing cross-sectional study about Canadian brains and aging(opens in a new tab) from CAN-PROTECT.

Ismail said his initial interest in the effects of menopause was sparked years ago in his medical practice.

“I remember a case from early 2001 with 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 told The Canadian Press.

“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.”

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/risk-factors-study-suggests-severe-menopausal-symptoms-linked-to-dementia-1.6765012

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