Menopause and Memory Loss

Recent studies seem to suggest that some women may suffer memory problems as they go through menopause.  If you or a friend or family member has a menopausal brain, you may not be shocked by this finding. However, this was apparently big news to the countless medical professionals who weren't taking menopausal women seriously when they were telling them "OMG I can't remember a goddamned f--cking thing anymore!" that they were experiencing memory difficulties. As it happens, I'm 53 years old, and there is some possible evidence that my memory is less than optimal. In fact, at the risk of putting one of the world's most annoying songs in your head, I almost entitled this post: "Some Call Me the Space Cowgirl." But alas, since no one has ever called me "the gangster of love," or even "Maurice," the whole Steve Miller song lyric thing broke down pretty quickly.  Which is probably good because then I'd have to speak to the whole pompitous of love issue, and I'm not entirely clear where I stand on that. Anyway, what was it I was talking about? Oh, that's right! Research on Menopause and Memory Loss So one study of menopausal memory followed 403 women over 5 years, and found "the natural transition to menopause exerts a negative impact on immediate and delayed verbal recall." Specifically, menopause was messing with their ability to remember lists of words, which didn't sound to me like something that would come up all that much in real life, until I ...
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