Risk of Alzheimer’s for Angelina Jolie?

Pauline Maki, professor of psychiatry and psychology, talks about the increased risk of Alzheimer’s for women whose ovaries are removed, and Angelina Jolie’s decision to have surgery to remove her ovaries as a preventive measure against cancer, in the March 24 New York Post.

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“The good news is that women who used estrogen therapy until age 50 did not show that risk. Angelina Jolie made the informed decision to use estrogen therapy, and by doing so, she is counteracting that risk.”

Pauline Maki, professor of psychiatry and psychology, on the increased risk of Alzheimer’s for women whose ovaries are removed, and Angelina Jolie’s decision to have surgery to remove her ovaries as a preventive measure against cancer, March 24 New York Post

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