#27 Women's Reproductive Aging, Menopause, & Hormone Replacement Therapy | Dr. Jennifer Garrison

Dr. Jennifer Garrison is a an Assistant professor at the Buck Institute for research on aging where she studies women's reproductive aging. In today’s conversation we discussed menopause and it’s effect on women’s health, hormone replacement therapy, and how increasing the number of quality eggs a woman has at age 40 by just 1% can be a game changer.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
1:38 Jennifer Garrison Intro
2:32 Ovarian aging & health risks
5:23 Progression of Ovarian aging
8:49 Menopause and negative health effects
10:34 Hypothalamus & Mind body communication
14:40 Reproductive & Equality Initiatives
18:21 Biological Clock for Reproductive aging
20:20 Tweaking hormonal cues
22:07 Number of eggs vs. Quality of eggs
25:00 Genetics in ovarian aging
26:21 Understanding family history
27:39 Evolutionary benefit to Menopause?
32:33 Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) & its benefits
38:28 Narrow window for HRT
40:08 Perimenopause
42:56 Women’s health funding
45:14 Average age girls start menstruating is declining
49:10 PCOS
52:42 Athletes and irregular cycles
56:36 Individualized menopause symptoms
1:00:38 Exercise and ovarian aging
1:02:00 Support Jennifer's work

Episode Show Notes: https://livelongerworld.com/p/jgarrison

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