at the buck institute for ageing, in california, neuroscientist jennifer garrison studies the connectionically what happens when a woman's ovaries stop working. essentially, it leads to a whole host of really dramatic health consequences. so, ovaries are producing notjust eggs for making babies, but also a whole host of really important hormones that are absolutely essential for overall health. when those beneficial hormones go away, what happens is a woman's risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, stroke, cognitive decline, all sorts of things, arthritis, depression — all of those risks go way up. if we don't address menopause or reproductive span in women, then essentially, we're going to be making gender inequality worse and not better — and that's because female humans born today can expect to live on average about 100 years. and so, what that means in practice is that soon, women will be living more of their lives after menopause than before. well, i can see the problem, but can menopause be delayed? we hope so. there are very few animal species that actually go through menopause. so w

at the buck institute for aging in california, neuroscientist jennifer garrison studies the connection the brain and the ovaries. menopause is basically what happens when a woman's ovaries stop working. essentially, it leads to a whole host of really dramatic health consequences. so ovaries are producing not just eggs for, for making babies, but also a whole host of really important hormones that are absolutely essential for overall health. when those beneficial hormones go away, what happens is a woman's risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, stroke, cognitive decline, all sorts of things — arthritis, depression — all of those risks go way up. if we don't address age at menopause or reproductive span in women, then, essentially, we're going to be making gender inequality worse and not better. and that's because female humans born today can expect to live on average about 100 years. and so what that means in practice is that, soon, women are going to be living more of their lives after menopause than before. well, i can see the problem, but can menopause be delayed? we hope so. there are