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Specialized Estrogen Replacement Therapy For Women Targets Brain

Saranya Palanisamy   |

Jul 23, 2015 11:12 AM EDT

Postmenopausal women these days are given estrogen hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for treating problems like depression, hot flashes and menopause-induced dementia, on the downside the therapy was observed to increase the risk of stroke, heart disease and cancer. To counter this problem a team of scientists have developed a specialized therapy to boost estrogen in the brain leaving rest of the body as such.