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replacement therapy or hrt a type of treatment originally designed to alleviate the symptoms of menopause could be potentially important in lowering the risk of some women developing alzheimer s disease. the paper, written by scientists at the university of east anglia and the university of edinburgh, says it has found evidence that hrt therapy reduces the incidence of the disease in women with the apoeii gene. you may be wondering what that all means? well earlier i spoke to professor anne marie milihane from the university of east anglia who explained more. so apoe is a really important protein in brain function. it does all kinds of things in the brain. it is involved in the health of the neuron, it s involved in inflammation, glucose utilisation by the brain. it has many functions. but if you have the ell version rather than the common e3 version, it is less effective and in the long term it is associated with more accelerated cognitive decline and increased risk of dementia.

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