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Lost your words? Here's the good news.

In the SWAN study, 2,362 women had their memory tested over about four years. Learning gains stalled during perimenopause, then came back after menopause.

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The science. Lost your words? Here's the good news. What a 4-year study found.
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SWAN study: 2,362 women had their memory tested over about four years. Source: Greendale et al., Neurology, 2009.
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What they found: normal learning gains stalled during perimenopause, they came back after menopause, and the dip looked temporary, not permanent.
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Lost your words mid-sentence? Here's the good news.

In the SWAN study, 2,362 women had their memory tested over about four years. Normal learning gains stalled during perimenopause, then came back after menopause. Log your brain-fog days and see your own pattern.

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  1. Greendale GA et al. Effects of the menopause transition and hormone use on cognitive performance in midlife women. Neurology 2009;72:1850-1857.

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