Cognitive Abilities of Premenopausal Women Improves With Use of Hormonal Contraceptives

Using hormonal contraceptives during the premenopausal phase may have far reaching benefits for women in improving their cognitive abilities in midlife, as well as in the years ahead, a new study has revealed.

This new discovery is bound to positively impact the measures to prevent declining cognitive function which happens with advancing age and in diseases such as Alzheimer's.

"This study provides preliminary evidence that hormonal contraceptives may have a protective cognitive effect, even years after use is discontinued," says Editor-in-Chief Susan G. Kornstein, MD, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Women's Health, Executive Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Women's Health, Richmond, VA, and President of the Academy of Women's Health.



Source: Medindia