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New research findings from a long running study have shown that women who receive hormone treatment within five years of their meno pause, will have a 30% less chance of developing Alzheimer, with women who get the treatment later the effect is less.

One of the researchers said the study findings support the so-called timing hypothesis – that earlier treatment with hormones may be beneficial while later treatment may be harmful.

“It doesn’t prove the hypothesis,  “But it does suggest there might be something to that merits further investigation.”

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Until now we have always found that the presence in the brain of hyper active astrocytes probably increases the rate of the development of the feared amyloid plaques. A new study however has found that, in mice, reducing the hyper activity of the astrocytes actually increases the amyloid plaques. So now the plan is to see if we can manage the efficient working of the astrocytes to give them a hand in keeping the amyloid plaques under control.

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