S1 Ep71: Hormone Therapy to Help With Cognitive Function?

Today is day 5 of Question-and-Answer week. I am answering questions that have come in through my website, drstreicher.com , my newsletter, or social media. Today’s question: “I am 70 years old and would like to start hormone therapy since my understanding is that it will help with cognitive function. But I can’t get anyone to give me a prescription. What do you think? “ In this episode I discuss: The impact of perimenopause on cognitive function What the data shows regarding HT and cognitive function, including the WHIMS trial and the KEEPS trial The concept of the critical window when it comes to starting HT Why it is not advisable to start HT at age 70 to help with cognitive function To ask a question, go to DrStreicher.com/podcast More Information Episode 32: Are Your Hot Flashes Making You Foggy: Forgetful? with Dr. Pauline Maki Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. Sign up to receive DR. STREICHER’S FREE NEWSLETTER Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News , and has been seen on The Today Show , Good Morning America , The Oprah Winfrey Show , CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20 , and World News Tonight . She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine. Instagram @DrStreich Twitter @DrStreicher Facebook @DrStreicher YouTube DrStreicherTV Books by Lauren Streicher, MD Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina - A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain Hot Flash Hell : A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat Sex Rx - Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy