New research, recently published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggests that individuals with higher lifelong estrogen exposure might be at a reduced risk for cerebral small vessel disease. This condition, a type of cerebrovascular disease, occurs due to
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Women with longer reproductive lifespans and greater exposure to endogenous hormones had lower white matter hyperintensity volume, a biomarker of cerebral small vessel disease.
Researchers found that women who had a longer 'reproductive lifespan', AKA had more babies, were exposed to higher levels of oestrogen throughout their lives and therefore had a lower risk of dementia