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		mobilejdral 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI helps unravel a cause of Alzheimer’s and identi... And then this ties to estrogen, HRT is known to reduce the risk of dementia/AD (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10480684/). PEMT (phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase) is what makes choline in the body, but it depends on estrogen.(https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3020773/)

pedalpete 10 months ago [–]

Yeah, part of my work is in dementia with slow-wave sleep enhancement, and we're putting together a menopause study hopefully to start in 2026.

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