We examined whether estradiol and norethindrone hormone therapy (HT) prevented decline in delayed verbal recall in older women with normal to mildly impaired memory functioning. This was a 2-year, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 142 women aged 61-87, randomly assigned to receive 1 mg 17-beta estradiol daily and 0.35 mg norethindrone 3 days/week or daily […]