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Female Alzheimer’s Risk: Early Menopause, Hormones & More

As Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D., neuroscientist, nutritionist, and associate director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College, previously explained in a mindbodygreen podcast episode, reproductive hormones help protect our brains from the development of amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease. As women hit menopause, their estrogen levels plummet, leaving their brains more susceptible to dementia.

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