Dr. Mary Claire Haver

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I'm Dr. Mary Claire Haver, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist and certified menopause practitioner.

I'm also an adjunct professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Welcome to Unpaused, the podcast where we cut through the silence and talk about what it really takes for women to thrive in the second half of life.

Your family history, is this what drove you to get this particular PhD?

So what was the prevailing thought at the time as to the pathophysiology or the causes of Alzheimer's?

Okay.

It makes me think of osteoporosis.

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

Heart disease.

So not everyone's going to have a heart attack who has atherosclerotic plaques.

Right, does it make sense?

You, in your book, The Menopause Brain, write, menopause is one of the best-kept secrets in society.

I don't think so.

What made you write that at that time?

Because that wasn't a thing, right?

Oh my God, no.

You guys got laughed at.

Oh, yes.

Even though we are parents.