BETHESDA, MARYLAND — Top scientists at a 3 - day consensus conference on managing the symptoms of menopause concluded today that, despite its risks, short - term estrogen treatment is the best way to alleviate debilitating problems like hot flashes. (sciencemag.org)
Compared with those who received no hormone treatment, athletes in the two estrogen treatment groups taken together had significantly better verbal memory and cognitive flexibility scores at the end of six months than their pre-treatment scores, the investigators reported. (sciencedaily.com)
«Our study suggests that estrogen treatment after menopause protects the memory that is needed for short - term cognitive tasks from the effects of stress,» said Alexandra Ycaza Herrera, the study's lead author and a researcher at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. (sciencedaily.com)