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Menopause may help explain why women are more likely to develop dementia
Science says some researchers are coming to see menopause as a stress test for the brain as sex hormones drop.
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Science says women are more likely than men to develop dementia, and their longer lifespans do not fully explain the difference. Menopause may be one reason: sex hormones drop and menstruation stops in midlife, a transition some researchers are coming to see as a stress test for the brain.
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