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b"Alzheimer\\u2019s is not a disease of old age. We tend to associate it with the elderly because that\\u2019s when the clinical symptoms become manifest, but in reality, Alzheimer\\u2019s begins with negative changes in the brain at least a decade prior. More often than not, in middle age.\\nTwo out of every three Alzheimer\\u2019s patients are women. Today, Alzheimer\\u2019s is as real a threat to women's health as breast cancer is. A 45-year-old woman has a one in five chance of developing Alzheimer\\u2019s during her remaining life, while a man of the same age only has a one in ten chance. What happens to women and not to men, in midlife, that could potentially trigger an Alzheimer\\u2019s predisposition, and that could potentially initiate Alzheimer\\u2019s?\\xa0\\nOn today\\u2019s Broken Brain Podcast, our host, Dhru, talks to Dr. Lisa Mosconi, the director of the Women's Brain Initiative and associate director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College, where she serves as an associate professor of neuroscience in neurology and radiology. In addition, she is an adjunct faculty member at the NYU Department of Psychiatry and the author of Brain Food and The XX Brain.\\nIn this episode, Dhru and Dr. Mosconi talk about the research on why women represent two thirds of the Alzheimer\\u2019s population. They discuss what happens to a woman\\u2019s brain when she goes through menopause, and the connection to Alzheimer\\u2019s disease. They also talk about how to care for women\\u2019s brains, how to prevent dementia, and the ground-breaking research that Dr. Mosconi and her team are conducting at the Alzheimer\\u2019s prevention clinic.\\nIn this episode, we dive into:\\n-The statistics on Alzheimer\\u2019s disease and its impact on women (7:18)\\n-Dr. Mosconi\\u2019s family history of Alzheimer\\u2019s (10:52)\\n-The difference between the male and female brain (17:55)\\n-The early changes we are seeing in the female brain midlife (21:54)\\n-What is happening in the brain post-menopause for women (24:12)\\n-The correlation between a hysterectomy and a higher risk of dementia (28:38)\\n-The impact of diet on our hormones and brain health (30:21)\\n-What women can do to prevent dementia (41:32)\\xa0\\n-Why women internalize stress more than men (49:44)\\n-How toxins impact our risk of chronic diseases (57:42)\\n-How to know if hormone replacement therapy is right for you (1:29:09)\\n-Where to learn more about Dr. Lisa Mosconi (1:37:16)\\nFor more on Dr. Lisa Mosconi, be sure to follow her on Instagram @dr_mosconi. Check out her website https://www.lisamosconi.com. Learn more about The Women\\u2019s Brain Initiative here. You can find her book, The XX Brain: The Groundbreaking Science Empowering Women to Maximize Cognitive Health and Prevent Alzheimer\\u2019s Disease, right here.\\nInterested in joining Dhru\\u2019s\\xa0Broken Brain Podcast\\xa0Facebook Community? Submit your join request here:\\xa0https://www.facebook.com/groups/2819627591487473/\\nFor more on Dhru Purohit, be sure to follow him on Instagram\\xa0@dhrupurohit, on Facebook\\xa0@dhruxpurohit, on Twitter\\xa0@dhrupurohit, and on YouTube\\xa0@dhrupurohit. You can also text Dhru at\\xa0(302) 200-5643\\xa0or click here\\xa0https://my.community.com/dhrupurohit\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"