Brain Fog, Memory Loss, and Alzheimer’s Risk During Menopause with Dr. Lisa Mosconi

About this episode

Dr. Mary Claire Haver discusses brain fog, memory loss, and Alzheimer's risk during menopause with Dr. Lisa Mosconi.

In this episode of unPAUSED, Dr. Mary Claire Haver continues her conversation with Dr. Lisa Mosconi, neuroscientist and associate professor of neuroscience in neurology and radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Mosconi directs the Alzheimer's Prevention Program, including the NIH-funded Women's Brain Initiative and the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic, and was recently named director of the $50 million Program in Women's Health, Cutting Alzheimer's Risk Through Endocrinology. She is also the author of the bestselling book The Menopause Brain. Dr. Mosconi and Dr. Haver go deeper into why brain fog, memory lapses, and cognitive changes in midlife are not just frustrating. They are biologically significant, and for some women, they may signal an inflection point for Alzheimer's risk. The conversation covers the statistics women are rarely given starting at age 45, a woman has twice the risk of Alzheimer's as a man of the same age. Women are also twice as likely to be diagnosed with anxiety or depression, three times more likely to develop an autoimmune disorder affecting the brain, four times more likely to suffer from migraines, and more likely to be…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Mary Claire Haver

Guest: Dr. Lisa Mosconi

Topics covered

• brain fog
• memory loss
• Alzheimer's risk
• menopause
• women's health
• cognitive changes

Keywords

• brain fog
• memory loss
• Alzheimer's risk
• menopause
• women's health
• cognitive changes
• anxiety
• depression
• autoimmune disorders
• migraines

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, NIH, Women's Brain Initiative, Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic

Books & works: The Menopause Brain, The XX Brain

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