Prof Anne-Marie Minihane: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Professor at UEA's Norwich Medical School and director of the Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging at UEA
- Quoted on
- Women's health & gynaecology, Dementia
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“As populations age, understanding how sex‑specific factors influence dementia risk is increasingly important. In addition to living longer, the reason behind the higher female prevalence is thought to be related to the effects of menopause on brain metabolism and the impact of the main genetic risk factor APOE4 being greater in women.”
What Prof Anne-Marie Minihane has said
“We found that women who had used HRT were about 10 per cent less likely to develop dementia, and 16 per cent less likely to develop the Alzheimer's disease form of dementia, than women who had never used it.”
Director of the Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging at UEA · Women's health & gynaecology · 30 Sept 2026 · Scientists pinpoint when women should start HRT to cut dementia risk ↗
“I think [this research] does add to the evidence that the benefits of HRT seem to outweigh the risks – and the importance of starting early... We found that [the] age of initiation of HRT seemed to be really important.”
Professor at Norwich Medical School · Women's health & gynaecology · 30 Sept 2026 · HRT Might Lower Dementia Risk, But Only If It's Started In A Key Decade ↗
“We found that women who had used HRT were about 10 per cent less likely to develop dementia, and 16 percent less likely to develop the Alzheimer's disease form of dementia, than women who had never used it.”
Professor at UEA's Norwich Medical School and director of the Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging at UEA · Women's health & gynaecology · 29 Sept 2026 · HRT linked to lower dementia risk in large UK study ↗
“While HRT has long been prescribed primarily to relieve menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes and night sweats, this work suggests it may also play a role in long‑term cognitive health for some women.”
Director of the Norwich Institute for Healthy Ageing at the University of East Anglia · Dementia · 27 Aug 2026 · Women using HRT at lower risk of dementia, study suggests ↗
Where Prof Anne-Marie Minihane has been quoted
- Women on HRT at Lower Risk of Dementia, New Study Showsemjreviews.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Scientists pinpoint when women should start HRT to cut dementia riskindependent.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- HRT Might Lower Dementia Risk, But Only If It's Started In A Key Decadehuffingtonpost.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- HRT linked to lower dementia risk in large UK studynews.exeter.ac.uk · 29 Sept 2026
- Women using HRT at lower risk of dementia, study suggeststheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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