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The Hidden Injury: Brain Trauma, Menopause, and the Fight to Protect Women's Minds
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In this episode of The Fifth Wave, Avis Favaro explores why women's brains are different, and looks for answers to why nearly two-thirds of people living with Alzheimer's are women. Dr. Jenny Rabin of Sunnybrook Research Institute explains how menopause and declining estradiol may be a critical turning point for brain aging. The episode then turns to a connection few people talk about: the link between intimate partner violence and brain injury. Karen Mason and Dr. Paul van Donkelaar of SOAR, an organization dedicated to researching and raising awareness of this issue, explain why up to 80% of women who experience intimate partner violence may also be living with an undiagnosed brain…