Ask the Experts: Estrogen, Menopause, and Brain Health | Dr. Lisa Mosconi and Dr. Sharon Malone

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Join neuroscientist Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Alloy’s Chief Medical Advisor, Dr. Sharon Malone, and Co-Founder Anne Fulenwider for a discussion on the relationship between menopause and the brain.
Dr. Lisa Mosconi is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Neurology and Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM), and the Director of the Women’s Brain Initiative and the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at WCM/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. She is ranked in the top 1% of scientists of the past 20 years by official metrics, and was listed as one of the 17 most influential living female scientists by The Times. She is the author of the bestselling book THE XX BRAIN (2020) and of the international bestseller BRAIN FOOD (2018) and her latest book THE MENOPAUSE BRAIN (2024) is available for purchase now. She also gave a TED talk on how menopause affects the brain.
Dr. Sharon Malone is a board-certified OB-GYN with decades of experience caring for women in menopause. She is the author of the just-released book GROWN WOMAN TALK, YOUR GUIDE to GETTING and STAYING HEALTHY and the Chief Medical Advisor of Alloy. Before joining Alloy, Dr. Malone was a partner at one of the oldest and most successful OB/GYN medical practices in Washington, D.C. She is board-certified by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and certified by The Menopause Society. Throughout her professional career, she has been active in reproductive rights, reducing teen pregnancy, and eliminating health care disparities.
00:00 - Introduction of Dr. Lisa Mosconi & Dr. Sharon Malone
08:30 - Definition of menopause
11:25 - Menopause from a neuroscientist's perspective
17:18 - Changes in the brain before & after menopause
20:03 - Hot flashes are not benign
25:23 - How estradiol functions in the brain
32:17 - HRT/MHT does not cause breast cancer
36:38 - Discussing MHT & Alzheimer's disease
45:02 - If you have symptoms, you don't have to suffer
53:08 - If you're on MHT and have a uterus, you must also take progesterone
55:00 - Changes in the brain during & after pregnancy
58:34 - Women's health needs more research
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@tinyshepherdess7710 2 ай бұрын

Great talk. Just wanted to say that I don't remember ever experiencing hot flashes or night sweats during pregnancy in near the debilitating way I did in menopause, if at all. The symptoms of menopause are regarded as being bad because they affect a woman's life so much. "The Change" is an apt name! I felt androgynous, strange, and did not feel like myself until I got on hormone therapy.

@myalloy 2 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed this! Absolutely, MHT can be life-changing.❤️

@ellapenrapiti7596 2 ай бұрын

Menopause is a subject that many doctors know very little about. This includes gynecologists. In my experience, one of the Major symptoms of oestrogen deficiency is severe mood swings, not different from bipolar. The other is the complete loss of sex drive. These two symptoms are a major cause of toxic relationships and break up of marriages amongst elderly couples. The natural health proponents ignore this issue. Brain health and functioning are equally important as the health of other organs. Please listen to these two outstanding scientists.

@claudiavaldes2578 Ай бұрын

I can distinctly recall the feeling of a little bomb igniting in the center of my head and then the heat would emanate and travel downward throughout my body. This was my hot flash. Oh and in hindsight sight, my oral health has deteriorated parallel to this menopausal journey.

@user-zg1uk2fg2z 2 ай бұрын

This was fabulous - thank you so much! I was hoping Alloy could do a U tube on strictly progesterone? For those of us with no uterus (and no ovaries) we are very confused if we should or should not be taking progesterone. Thank you.

@myalloy 2 ай бұрын

This is a great suggestion, we'll note this for a future video!

@lindajones4849 2 ай бұрын

If you have had your uterus removed you don't need to take progesterone . However, it has calming effects so it helps some women sleep. You must have progesterone to prevent uterine cancer if your uterus intact ( and you are taking estrogen in perimenopause/ menopause)

@lindajones4849 2 ай бұрын

I have a comment . First, thanks to Dr. Mosconi for her original and outstanding research on the female brain. Unfortunately the symptoms are a disaster if you cannot find a doctor to treat you or worse a doctor that gaslights you which can be a degrading harmful experience. Massive education of doctors is needed. Even primary docs need to have general knowledge of menopause so they can refer appropriately. It will take at least another generation to undo the damage caused by the women's health initiative. B

@myalloy 2 ай бұрын

@@lindajones4849 Absolutely, too many women struggle to find answers. It shouldn't be this way. This is exactly why we started Alloy, to help women find relief!

@DoItWrightRo 2 ай бұрын

@@lindajones4849 I agree with you 100%. I have a female OBGYN who is younger than my doctor who retired ( my thinking that she would be more receptive), gaslights me and tells me how normal it is to sweat through your clothing every night, sometimes more than once a day, depression, anxiety, insomnia, almost manic like emotions…. You begin asking yourself if you were wrong! Then she tries to create a fear driven narrative regarding breast cancer and menopause, should be grounds for malpractice. There are so many women who have psychologically cracked because they weren’t taken seriously, and it is heartbreaking. As mentioned, my race of women experience the worst of these symptoms and guess what???? We have been known as the most difficult race of women (which some cases) may be linked to the rollercoaster of emotions that we often encounter earlier, & for longer periods of life. Thank you to the panel of women who created this space of safety! ❤

@MsBuffalopoo 2 ай бұрын

Great talk! Thank you. I would love to advocate for more research. But how? It’s like shouting into the wilderness.

@myalloy 2 ай бұрын

Hi! So glad you're interested in helping advocate! If you go to this link, you can write to your local congress members in support of more research on menopause! www.letstalkmenopause.org/advocacy?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4fy128jOhQMV-gKtBh1xagKMEAAYASAAEgIhUvD_BwE

@DoItWrightRo 2 ай бұрын

@@myalloy Thank you! I will reach out to my local Congress person!

@myalloy 2 ай бұрын

@@DoItWrightRo Amazing, so glad to hear this!❤️

@KirkEden 2 ай бұрын

Wow wow wow. Amazing video and amazing women! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

@myalloy 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for this kind message!🥰 Absolutely, women deserve this information!

@deniseragona2383 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@myalloy 2 ай бұрын

YES! We’ll never stop talking about this!❤️

@janekershaw458 2 ай бұрын

What is the correct ratio of estradiol to progesterone to prevent water retention? 3 pumps daily and 12 days monthly of 200mg utrogestan causes 10lbs water retention for me. X

@myalloy 2 ай бұрын

We'd highly recommend speaking with a menopause-trained doctor about this. We can help at Alloy, too!