Sunday, January 18, 2009

Women: Their advantage shrinks

Personally I believe women are the more durable gender. They are better able to adapt than men, higher pain threshold, and studies suggest they use more of their brains than men.

We are the weaker gender, they just let us think we have control.

UNTIL NOW ...


The great equalizer.


HRT 'can shrink women's brains'
January 13, 2009
BBC

Some forms of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can slightly shrink the brains of post-menopausal women, a US study has suggested.

The findings may help explain previous work linking HRT to an increased risk of memory loss and dementia.

A team led by researchers at Wake Forest University carried out brain scans on 1,400 women aged 71 to 89 who took part in an earlier HRT trial.

But UK experts said the study, published in Neurology, had flaws.

Significant numbers of women take hormones to reduce the unpleasant symptoms of the menopause, such as hot flushes, mood changes, and thinning of the bones.

However, research has linked HRT to a raised risk of some forms of cancer.

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