Dr. Mary Claire Haver

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In our last episode of Unpaused, Dr. Lisa Mosconi helped us name something women have felt for decades but were rarely believed.

Menopause doesn't just change your body, it changes your brain.

And Dr. Moscone didn't bring opinions.

She brought scans.

She brought data.

She brought a scientific explanation for that moment so many women describe with one sentence.

I just don't feel it myself.

In this episode, we go deeper into the why.

Dr. Moscone, the author of The Menopause Brain and a neuroscientist and leading researcher in the menopause-Alzheimer's connection, shares what we now understand about the biology of Alzheimer's, including the long, silent phase that can begin in midlife and the real reasons women develop this disease more than men.

And then we look forward.

Dr. Moscone explains the work underway to finally treat women's brain health as preventative medicine with better tools, better research, and ultimately risk calculators and real-world clinical pathways that help women protect their brains long before symptoms begin.

Okay, let's jump back in.

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.