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A study led by a scientist at the School of Medicine shows that hormone therapy has a negligible effect on verbal memory and other mental skills regardless of how soon after menopause a woman begins therapy. The study is the first large, long-term clinical trial to compare the effects of estradiol, a type of estrogen, on the mental capabilities of women who commence treatment soon after menopause versus those who begin after a long delay. “Our results suggest that healthy women at all stages after menopause should not take estrogen to improve memory,” said the study’s senior and lead author, Victor Henderson, MD, By Jennie Dusheck