Dr. Mary Claire Haver
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Like, why is this important?
Because a lot of women, a lot of our listeners may not understand that you're much more likely to get Alzheimer's if you're a woman.
We hit this wall still in cardiovascular disease.
Yes.
Doesn't matter.
Musculoskeletal disease.
Why are you looking at sex differences?
Everyone's a human.
And we all, you know, I'm like, okay.
And that thing is menopause.
So it wasn't until the 90s that we discovered that estrogen impacts the brain.
We can't demonize the study because it was groundbreaking.
It was incredible.
And we still use the data today for prevention.
Sadly.
You know?
So you've said, and you've walked me through the story, and I think it's important for the listeners because I think it's fascinating about estrogen and estrogen receptors in the brain.
So you're like newly minted PhD, you're on fire, you're ready to study this.
And you're like, what we didn't scan, we didn't see.
Yes.