Verbal memory may improve with ERT; menopause transition.(Gynecology) From: OB GYN News | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Mulcahy, Nicholas | COPYRIGHT 2003 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

PHILADELPHIA -- Estrogen replacement therapy was linked to modest improvement in one measurement of verbal memory but did not improve other measures of cognitive function in a small study of perimenopausal or recently menopausal women.

The study is the first to examine the effect of estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) on cognitive performance in symptomatic menopausal women. "Our study showed a modest effect, but we did not find a global cognitive benefit" with ERT use, s...

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