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There is not enough evidence to determine whether testosterone helps with thinking and memory in midlife women, even though it is often prescribed in the UK, according to a UCL study.

Published in Reproduction and Fertility, the review examined five existing studies of women aged 41 to 65 to understand whether testosterone treatment improves thinking and memory in women during and after menopause.

Senior author and director of the UCL Menopause Mind Lab, Professor Aimee Spector (UCL Psychology and Language Sciences), said, "Social media is flooded with claims that testosterone improves memory and brain fog, and we hear of many women taking testosterone specifically to manage these symptoms during menopause. While there may be some anecdotal evidence for this in perimenopausal women (who are missing from these trials), we cannot claim testosterone improves cognition during menopause without further evidence.

"More research is needed to understand any links between testosterone and brain health."

Menopause is when a woman's periods stop due to lower hormone levels. This usually happens between the ages of 45 and 55. Postmenopause is the stage of life that begins 12 consecutive months after a woman's final menstrual period and lasts for the rest of her life.

' This includes difficulties recalling words and numbers, misplacing items, trouble concentrating and forgetfulness. It is thought that testosterone levels do not acutely change during menopause but instead begin to decline from a woman's mid-20s to early 30s.

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