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No correlation in postmenopausal women.(increased estrogen levels have no connection to changes in cognitive functioning)
2003 MAR 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In confirmation of previous research, and contrary to findings from two recent studies, scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine have shown that increased levels of estrogen do not correlate with changes in cognitive functioning in postmenopausal women with Alzheimer disease.
The new study, published in the Archives of Neurology, found that elevations in hormone levels did not predict cognitive test scores nor other neuropsychological measures in 120 women with Alzheimer disease who were given various levels of Premarin, a hormone replacement therapy that raises the levels of the hormones estradiol and estrone.
Alzheimer occurs with a higher frequency in women. Although some physicians believed that women with Alzheimer disease who took estrogen experienced improved cognition, three studies in 2000 showed no correlation between estrogen and cognitive improvement. One of those was a multicenter trial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association by the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study, directed by Leon Thal, MD, UCSD professor of neurosciences and a neurologist with the San Diego VA Healthcare System.
Recently, however, two small clinical trials (with 12 and 20 women) had different results. Investigators reported that higher doses of estrogen, delivered in patch form, improved attention and verbal memory in the two ...
- Soy isoflavones may improve cognitive function in postmenopausal women.(More...
- Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition September 1, 2003 700+ words
* Soy isoflavones may improve cognitive function in postmenopausal women, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego. In a study of 53 postmenopausal women not on estrogen therapy, those taking soy isoflavone supplements...
- New-onset endometriosis seen in many postmenopausal women. (57% had No History...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News May 1, 2002 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Drug Week December 20, 2002 700+ words
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- Watch simple ovarian cysts in postmenopausal women.(Women's Health)(Report)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Boschert, Sherry March 15, 2006 700+ words
...in diameter in postmenopausal women because if the...asymptomatic, postmenopausal women every 3 months...still changes" in postmenopausal women, and small, simple...of California, San Diego. In premenopausal...
- High-dose soy reduced vasomotor symptoms: soy-containing isoflavones were...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Bates, Betsy November 15, 2005 700+ words
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- Raloxifene linked to decreased risk of stroke, TIA: findings based on a...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Zoler, Mitchel L. January 1, 2003 700+ words
...cardiovascular events in postmenopausal women, based on additional...several trials of postmenopausal women treated with estrogen...of California, San Diego, and the lead...fracture risk in postmenopausal women while also reducing...
- Little data about androgens in postmenopausal women.(Metabolic Disorders)
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Brunk, Doug July 1, 2005 700+ words
...androgens among postmenopausal women, there are few...replacement in postmenopausal women with clinical...If you start postmenopausal women on androgens...said. DOUG BRUNK San Diego Bureau
Source: HighBeam Research, No correlation in postmenopausal women.(increased estrogen levels...