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Her team analyzed over 50 studies and found that people using estrogen therapy in midlife, or within 10 years of their final menstrual period, had a significantly lower risk of dementia.
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Akshay Syal, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
For women who are more than 10 years from their final menstrual period, starting hormone therapy may increase their risk of cardiovascular disease.
—Genevieve Hofmann, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
New findings presented at the Menopause Society’s 2025 Annual Meeting suggest that starting estrogen hormone therapy during perimenopause (the years leading up to a woman’s final menstrual period) could protect against cancer, heart attack, and stroke.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Unlike the transitional phase leading up to menopause which can last four to 10 years, menopause itself is a defined moment, a single point in time—the day a woman has gone 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period, with no other medical cause—so women don’t stay in this stage.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 17 Oct. 2025
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Akshay Syal, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
For women who are more than 10 years from their final menstrual period, starting hormone therapy may increase their risk of cardiovascular disease.
—Genevieve Hofmann, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
New findings presented at the Menopause Society’s 2025 Annual Meeting suggest that starting estrogen hormone therapy during perimenopause (the years leading up to a woman’s final menstrual period) could protect against cancer, heart attack, and stroke.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Unlike the transitional phase leading up to menopause which can last four to 10 years, menopause itself is a defined moment, a single point in time—the day a woman has gone 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period, with no other medical cause—so women don’t stay in this stage.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Menstrual period.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/menstrual%20period. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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