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