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Hormone therapy linked to tau accumulation in older women

AuntMinnie

A PET study has revealed that women over the age of 70 who took menopausal hormone therapy (HT) more than a decade before have faster brain tau accumulation -- a key indicator of Alzheimers disease. The findings may inform [Alzheimers disease] risk discussions relating to womens reproductive health and treatment, the group wrote.

Disease 162
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Meilleur Technologies Inc. Announces Use of the Next-Generation Amyloid PET Imaging Biomarker, NAV-4694, in the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 4 (ADNI4)

Imaging Technology

announced a research collaboration agreement with the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative 4, ADNI4, on the use of Meilleur’s [F-18]NAV-4694, an investigational imaging agent, in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans to assess the status amyloid plaque in the brain.

Disease 105