Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 16, 1996, Winnipeg, Manitoba Hormone cuts risk of alzheimer study links Low disease incidence with women use of oestrogen the Winnipeg free August a15 grand opening Reuter new York women who take the female hormone oestrogen have a lower risk of developing alzheimer research released yesterday a study of elderly women indicated the longer they took a therapy to treat menopause the less Chance they had of develop ing the debilitating brain researchers at Columbi presbyterian medical Centre the finding women who used oestrogen during the postmenopausal period had a lower incidence rate of alzheimer compared to women who did not use Richard a neurologist and epidemiologist at women who used oestrogen for longer periods of time had the most beneficial which affects about 15 per cent of people Over 65 and about on half those Over often begins with memory loss and progresses to profound dementia and former president Ronald Reagan has in the of the 968 women who had not taken just Over 16 per cent had of those who had taken Only per cent developed the those who had taken Estro Gen for More than one year lowered their risk of the disease by As much As five per cent a Mayeux although he called the findings As Good As it gets for an he also said there should be further controlled studies before advocating women take oestrogen specifically to avoid on the basis of this study i would not say that women should go out and Start taking he oestrogen use has been associated with an increased risk of breast and uterine cancer and he of the 23 women taking oestrogen at the time the five year study none developed he oestrogen users who developed the Dis ease did so much later in life than non oestrogen the researchers said they were not entirely Clear Why oestrogen has this but it appears to strengthen brain cells that tend to be hard hit by alzheimer and May delay the forma Tion of plaque deposits in the brain that characterize the the funded by the National Institute on aging of the National institutes of health and by the alzheimer was published in the 17 Issue of the lancet medical the women in the study had a mean age of 74 and were medicare recipients in new York director Zaven Khachaturian of the alzheimer association Ronald and Nancy Reagan Institute in Chicago welcomed the this study provides the much need de confirmation of earlier studies that indicated it might be possible to Post Pone the disabling symptoms of alzheimer by treatments that Are readily he several studies Are under Way to give a More i depth picture of the link Between oestrogen and that oestrogen has some Benefit is not new and the hormone has been used As a treatment for at these prices there Gonna Fly 4x6 6x9 8x10 9x12 after Sale Price Cairo collection 56 x 83 8x11 Van Gogh collection 4 x 53 53 x 77 8x11 antique washed Soumako Kilimis 4x6 6 x 9 8 x 10 9x12 super 90 line chinese collection 3x5 4x6 23 x 12 runner 6 x 9 emperor collection 59 x 89 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