North American Menopause Society (NAMS) video series about important midlife health topics: Hormone therapy timing hypothesis and cognition

In this latest video, Hormone Therapy and Cognition, Dr. Shapiro interviews Dr. Pauline Maki, Past President of NAMS, Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Director of Women’s Mental Health Research, and Research Director at UIC Center for Research in Women and Gender at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Maki discusses the hormone therapy timing hypothesis and cognition, the relationship between cognition and cardiovascular protection, and the latest cognition trials and studies.

Timing of initiation of hormone therapy in relation to age or time since final menstrual period modify the effect of hormone therapy on cognition as documented now by three very well-known clinical trials. Dr. Maki explains the timing hypothesis very well in this latest NAMS video.