Priya Alexander

Well, this adds to the bank of knowledge.

Oh, yes.

I remember your voice in my ears every day on Coronacast.

Sorry about that.

No, that's for now I can.

Just when we thought it was safe to go out.

You're with The Health Report on ABC Radio National.

It is vague.

It tries to capture these cognitive symptoms, which can really be quite debilitating for a lot of women.

About two thirds of women through the perimenopause and menopause transition experience this.

And there's a personal piece for you that's been published in Lancet Gynecology and Women's Health, which attempts to shine the light on the issue.

actually have a consensus definition for it to improve diagnosis and treatment for women and to hopefully improve outcomes.

And I spoke to the lead author of the piece, Dr. Caroline Gervich, who's an associate professor and clinical neuropsychologist at Monash University.

So this term brain fog, there's not currently a firm accepted, you know, widely accepted, I should say, definition for it, but you're proposing one.

What is the definition you're proposing?

So just to pick up there, really important that it can cause a lot of distress, impact on quality of life, but there isn't actually an objective drop in cognitive function.

So there's not mild cognitive impairment that can increase the risk of Alzheimer's dementia, for instance.

There's not an objective drop.

Is that right?

That is right.