Not Having Children and Late Menopause Decrease Memory Loss
Tuesday June 24, 2003
I found it in The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, which was sitting in my doctor's office. It's on the web... The article was called "Nulliparity and Late Menopause are Associated with Decreased Cognitive Decline." I never saw it publicized in the mainstream press (maybe because no one knows what nulliparity means). What these scientists claim is that women who have children are protected from memory loss. They also said the same thing about women who go through menopause late in life. They say it has something to do with estrogen, but I am confused on this point. What do people think of this? Join this discussion
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Title says NOT having children DECREASES memory loss; Body says HAVING children PROTECTS memory. Title appears to be correct, body in error. Children dull your brainpower.