研究表明：过早停经与痴呆有关

Dementia linked to premature menopause for women, study says

Entering menopause before age 40 is linked to a 35% higher risk of developing dementia later in life, a preliminary study finds.

初步研究表明，四十岁前停经，晚年患痴呆的风险高35%。

Premature menopause, as it is called, occurs when a woman's ovaries stop creating hormones and the menstrual cycle ends by age 40. That's about a dozen years earlier than the typical onset of menopause, which is age 52 in the United States, according to the US Department of Health and Human Service's Office on Women's Health.

过早停经，顾名思义，是指40岁前女性的卵巢停止产生激素和结束月经周期。这大概比通常停经年龄提早了十二年，根据美国健康和人类服务部女性健康办公室，美国女性52岁停经。

Why do women go through premature menopause? Unless the woman has had surgery to remove her ovaries and uterus, "it has to do with a more rapid biological aging of all of the body's tissues, including premature aging of our organs and their function," said Lloyd-Jones, who is a professor of preventive medicine, medicine and pediatrics at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

为什么女性经历过早停经？除非手术切除了卵巢和子宫，这和全身组织的快速生物性老化有关，包括器官和功能的过早老化。

"It's a red flag on many levels when a woman goes through premature menopause, as it indicates there may be some underlying genetic, environmental or health behavior issues that we really need to focus on," he added.

女性过早停经，意味着身体的多个方面（或层次）出现了危险信号，因为它表明有许多问题需要我们关注，如潜在的基因、环境或健康行为。

详见 https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/01/health/premature-menopause-dementia-wellness/index.html