I just saw your Insta post re: MHT and dementia and appreciate your shedding light on that correlation. Would you consider writing a post that helps explain estrogen's (and maybe in the context of other hormones too?) relationship to the brain before and after menopause?
"some women report hot flashes when physically there is no sign of them. Does this mean the hot flash is occurring in the brain, but the body isn’t responding or is something else being interpreted by the brain as a hot flash?" That's a fascinating thought. I once read a book where a man had a bunch of womens' brains and spinal cords floating in a nutrient bath and would induce "orgasms" if they were "good". Yes, a fictional horror story but the author was illustrating that most experience was cerebral rather than physical. Random I know, but your inciteful remark reminded me of that book!
I just saw your Insta post re: MHT and dementia and appreciate your shedding light on that correlation. Would you consider writing a post that helps explain estrogen's (and maybe in the context of other hormones too?) relationship to the brain before and after menopause?
Detailed data collection is a good thing.
Don't forget to vote for women's health in a few weeks, sisters.
"some women report hot flashes when physically there is no sign of them. Does this mean the hot flash is occurring in the brain, but the body isn’t responding or is something else being interpreted by the brain as a hot flash?" That's a fascinating thought. I once read a book where a man had a bunch of womens' brains and spinal cords floating in a nutrient bath and would induce "orgasms" if they were "good". Yes, a fictional horror story but the author was illustrating that most experience was cerebral rather than physical. Random I know, but your inciteful remark reminded me of that book!