Key Takeaways
Ten years of follow-up shows no risk or benefit to women's cognition after four years of hormone replacement therapy
The therapy for menopausal symptoms won't cause any harm, researchers say, but it won't boost thinking or memory skills
More research is needed into other facets of brain health, they add
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