HRT does NOT affect a woman’s memory or increase her risk of developing dementia

By Amanda Williams

PUBLISHED: 13:41 EST, 25 June 2013 | UPDATED: 02:29 EST, 26 June 2013

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Women taking hormone replacement therapy following the menopause are not at a higher risk of developing dementia, a study has claimed

Women taking hormone replacement therapy following the menopause are not at a higher risk of developing dementia, a study has claimed.

HRT, which is used to treat the symptoms of menopause, including hot flushes, has been previously linked with declining memory and a doubled risk of developing dementia.

Researchers followed a group of more than 1,300 women between the ages of 50 and 55 who were on HRT medication called conjugated equine oestrogens (CEOs).

The researchers, based at the Women's Health Centre of Excellence for Research at Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, gave one set of women placebos and one the HRT treatment, then studied the results after seven years.

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HRT does NOT affect a woman's memory or increase her risk of developing dementia