The Estrogen Dilemma and Alzheimer's Disease

This article cuts across a broad spectrum of diseases, but is focused on hormones, estrogen and something called the timing hypothesis.This proposition, that estrogen ’s effects on our minds and our bodies may depend heavily upon when we first start taking it, is a controversial and very big idea. It has a working nickname: “the timing hypothesis.”There are some very interesting hypotheses about the health of the brain and Alzheimer's in the article.If the timing hypothesis proves right and estrogen really does protect brains and hearts as long as we start it "at the right time", the calculation only grows that much more important and complex.“These women thought they were losing their minds,” Brizendine told me, describing the 40-to-60-year-old patients she began seeing when she opened the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic at the university in 1994. “In 1994 we didn’t have words for it,” she said. “Now we do. It’s called p erimenopausal depression.”“Why did my primary-care physician give me an antidepressant when I could have had something simple, like estrogen?” she asked. “Why don’t they know?”....I am a man. But, it seems to me that all women ages 40-60 should be reading this article and research. Some women might be feeling like they are going nuts, and maybe they aren't.The article does contain a lot of useful information about research and Alzheimer's disease.Go here to readThe Estrogen DilemmaHormone Levels Likely Influence A Woman's Ri...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - Category: Neurology Tags: Alzheimer's disease estrogen facts about estrogen health life news women Source Type: blogs