🚨 My first PhD paper is out!
In this preregistered study, we assessed how menopause-related factors, depression, and genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease (APOE ε4) are linked to cellular and brain aging in women using data from the UK biobank. 🧵
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Menopause is a hot topic right now—and misinformation is on the rise. An ob-gyn shares tips to help you spot misinformation and make informed decisions. Get the facts about menopause: bit.ly/3BmnBqm#MyMenopause
A 25-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes started producing her own insulin less than three months after receiving a transplant of reprogrammed stem cells. “I can eat sugar now,” she told me on a call. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Very excited to share one of my favourite PhD papers with you...
We found that oestrogen-based hormone therapy can prevent psychosis relapse in women with schizophrenia during menopause 🧵(1/11)
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.…
🌟 The Women's Health Seminar Series is back! 🌟
Get ready to dive into the latest multidisciplinary research in women's health with our exciting line-up of expert speakers. The schedule is now out, and registration is OPEN 🙌
🔗 Learn more & register: ow.ly/HRQA50T4GhH
New study alert! We explored the impact of antipsychotic-induced prolactin elevation on estrogen levels in premenopausal women with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD). 🧵 (1/8) link.springer.com/article/10…
Far from women’s health being a “niche” area -putting more effort into understanding the multifaceted area of women’s health will lead to exciting new discoveries that will benefit all, regardless of our gender.
New from @Nature: a maternal brain hormone that builds bone 🤯🦴
During #breastfeeding, bones are stripped of calcium - yet they don't break down.
A hormone discovered in lactating mice explains why not - and might someday help treat osteoporosis!🤓
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
🚨 My first PhD paper is out!
In this preregistered study, we assessed how menopause-related factors, depression, and genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease (APOE ε4) are linked to cellular and brain aging in women using data from the UK biobank. 🧵
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
✨Overall, this study highlights both a need for more studies with a focus on women’s health, and more representative samples to advance scientific research.
🚨Happy to see the first paper of my PhD finally out in @BiologySexDiff! We investigated if regional ML models for🧠sex classification provide estimates that are more sensitive to female mental health compared to whole brain models. w/ @dominikjkraft @TobKaufmann @DerntlLab
New article: Authors investigated if a regionally constrained model of brain volumetric imaging data may provide estimates that are more sensitive to mental health than whole brain-based estimates. Read the results:
ow.ly/lhAm50RJKRe
Can a simple blood test be used to identify normal individuals who will develop clinical AD? 🤔
💡Our study suggests so: Abnormal plasma p-tau217 levels predict cognitive impairment in healthy individuals when followed for up to 10 years after blood donation. Preprint link 👇