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"What if there was a something you could take to make your memory sharper? So that you&amp;#039;d be more likely to remember the proper names of things like lamp, stove, tv, or the actor you&amp;#039;ve seen in dozens of movies but whose name escapes you when you look at him. Would you take it? Currently, researchers are testing whether postmenopausal women given estrogen patches have greater cognitive improvement than those wearing a placebo patch. Previous studies have shown a link between estrogen and increased frontal lobe activity \u2013 those areas involved in working memory and emotions. Using PET scans and MRIs, this new trial will see if these changes are sustained over time, and if increased blood flow and thickening in the brain might improve short-term memory in the long run. Sign me up, I&amp;#039;d say. I used to pride myself on having a good memory. No longer. I walk into a room with something urgent on my mind, only to have the task slip away. Or Max will frequently say to me, &amp;quot;Mommy you told me that already,&amp;quot; though I have no recollection of it. Or I&amp;#039;ll say to Steve, &amp;quot;You know \u2026 that thing?&amp;quot; when I&amp;#039;m asking him to fix something. These kinds of memory slippages are typical in perimenopause and menopause, and, while frustrating, by themselves are not necessarily worrisome. But, researchers wonder, does decreased estrogen lead to dementia? At Thanksgiving, as we were all going around the table to say what we were thankful for, my mother-in-law, who is in the late stages of Alzheimer&amp;#039;s couldn&amp;#039;t find the words. Finally she said, &amp;quot;For that!&amp;quot; pointing to the butter dish. &amp;quot;Why is grandma thankful for the butter?&amp;quot; Max asked, puzzled. I understood completely. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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