July 4, 2022

Dr. Lisa Mosconi – Sex Differences and Alzheimer’s

Dr. Lisa Mosconi – Sex Differences and Alzheimer’s

About This Episode

The Global Be Brain Powerful BrainTrust and U.S. BrainTrust quarterly dialogues are a collaboration between two like-minded initiatives focused on elevating the importance of women's brain and mental health. A recent dialogue explored Alzheimer’s prevention and the role sex and gender play in brain health. 

In this episode of BrainStorm, Mara Hank Moret, Vice Chair of the Global BBP BrainTrust and Honorary President of the Women's Brain Projects in Switzerland talks with Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Program at Weill Cornell Medicine and author of the New York Times bestseller, The XX Brain and the international bestseller Brain Food. Listen as they discuss the importance of stress management and developing healthy routines, particularly for women, prior to menopause.

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