Dr. Mary Claire Haver
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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.
You know, like if we don't look for it, it's not there.
Yes.
Right?
And so you go and decide, I want to study estrogen in the brain, but there is a problem.
I still get pushback in 2026.
No, no, no, no, no.
So for our listeners, we're talking about the Krebs cycle, if everyone remembers from biology in high school.