Is it Alzheimer's or Perimenopause? 5 Ways to Protect Your Midlife Brain with Dr. Majid Fotuhi

About this episode

Dr. Majid Fotuhi discusses how perimenopause affects brain health and offers strategies to enhance cognitive function during midlife.

Your brain isn't broken… it's just going through perimenopause. Neurologist Dr. Majid Fotuhi explains why your foggy, forgetful midlife brain is not only completely normal, but with the right habits, can literally grow bigger and stronger at any age. Watch the full episode at https://youtu.be/W4SkyY9OW38

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Stephanie Estima

Guest: Dr. Majid Fotuhi

Topics covered

• Alzheimer's
• perimenopause
• midlife brain health
• neurology
• cognitive function

Keywords

• Alzheimer's
• perimenopause
• brain health
• cognitive function
• midlife

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Is it Alzheimer's or Perimenopause?

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