Link Found Between Bone Loss and Mental Deterioration

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Link Found Between Bone Loss and Mental Deterioration

---------------------------------------- Mental deterioration that occurs with aging may put women at risk for increased bone loss, according to a report inrepparttar 141835 October issue ofrepparttar 141836 Journal ofrepparttar 141837 American Geriatrics Society. Compared with women whose bone mineral density (BMD), a measure of bone strength, was inrepparttar 141838 normal range, those with spine fractures had lower scores on standardized tests of mental abilities and greater overall deterioration in mental status.

The female hormone estrogen, which declines with age, may be a major factor in this equation. Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) and blood levels of estrogens are associated with bone density and some recen studies have suggested that ERT may protect against mental decline and reducerepparttar 141839 risk of dementia. The researchers sayrepparttar 141840 findings add further support forrepparttar 141841 importance of maintaining adequate estrogen status and bone strength as women age.

"Could estrogen prevent both bone loss and cognitive function loss?"

--------------------------------------------------- "Certainly this makes one wonder aboutrepparttar 141842 role of estrogen," says lead researcher Kristine Yaffe, MD. Yaffe is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry atrepparttar 141843 University of California in San Francisco. "Could estrogen prevent both bone loss and cognitive function loss?" Cognitive function refers to complex thought processes involved in learning and memory.

Approximately 10% of women over age 65 have cognitive function loss, or loss of some aspects of mental functioning, which puts them at risk for death and disability as well as greater likelihood of hospitalization and doctor visits. At least 30% of women in this age group have low bone density. Together, cognitive loss and low bone density are two ofrepparttar 141844 most common conditions affecting older women.

The study population consisted of 8,333 women age 65 or older who were not taking estrogen replacement therapy and were not demented. Bone density was measured atrepparttar 141845 start ofrepparttar 141846 study and again four to six years later. Mental abilities were measured by three standardized tests used to score various aspects of memory, orientation, and visual-spacial skills.

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