What Jennifer Gunter thinks about dementia
Obstetrician-gynecologist and author of The Vagina Bible and The Menopause Manifesto. Writes The Vajenda newsletter on women's health, menopause, hormone therapy and health misinformation.
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1 dated position, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Jennifer Gunter has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThe results are precisely the pattern that argues AGAINST broad use of MHT to prevent dementia. The women who benefited the most had shorter reproductive years or surgical menopause, which, if the results of the study are true (and we can't know if they are as it is observational...and we will get into all the issues with the UK Biobank and MHT studies shortly), they support the conclusion that MHT is NOT broadly neuroprotective.
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