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female brain agingScienceAlert
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The ages at which a person starts and stops menstruating could impact their risk of developing dementia later in life, according to the largest study of its kind.
The study included health information from 273,260 female participants in the United Kingdom Biobank .
Those who started menstruating at age 15 or older showed a 12 percent increased risk of dementia.
The findings suggest cumulative estrogen exposure in life is tightly linked to healthy brain aging.
More research is needed to determine why females tend to develop dementia at higher rates than males.
If we are to truly understand cognitive decline, experts say prioritizing female brain studies in the future is a must. The study was published in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry ..
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