Science

While women make up 70 percent of cases of Alzheimer’s disease and 65 percent of cases of depression, only about half of one percent of brain-imaging research is related to women. This disparity continues even in drug approvals, such as lecanemabirmb, which U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved for the treatment of early Alzheimer's disease, but it may not slow the disease in women.

Big oof!!!

"It's high time to make the brain a major focus of women's health," says Sacher.

Or even better make women's health the focus of medical research as it has been ignored for decades. Just like research has been on mostly white people.

The important connection here is that the uterus growth-stimulating effect of estrogen also applies to the hippocampus, which is important in forming and retrieving memories. This means that a few days after your girl is done with her period is the absolute worst time to make a mistake. That memory will be locked in forever.

She'll be able to recall it decades later. Thanks to the power of estrogen.

Hoping they can keep me on depo forever because my cycle was horrific.

I'm not a biologist, nor can I read that paywalled article, but I'd be curious to learn how the male, prepubescent and post menopausal population is affected by the menstrual cycle.