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Madeline Wood Alexander

@mwoodalex.bsky.social
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PhD student at University of Toronto & Sunnybrook Research Institute

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Science Magazine @science.org · 11/03/2025
Scientists consider how age at menopause and history of hormone therapy interact with biomarkers of synaptic health (β-amyloid and tau) to contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in women. #WomensHealth Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/3XJ8H5n
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The interplay between age at menopause and synaptic integrity on Alzheimer’s disease risk in women
Earlier age at menopause exacerbates synapse-related vulnerability to cognitive decline and tau tangles.
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Yakeel T. Quiroz, PhD @ytquiroz.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Happy International Women's Day to all the incredible women out there, especially the women in science and academia!! Thank you for breaking barriers, fighting for fairness, and driving progress toward greater equity in these fields.🌹
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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
THRILLED to see this SI now out addressing the power and potential of focusing our lens on women. H/t to Tali for making space for these ideas to flourish and for a dream team of investigators to contribute!! Advancing the science of women’s health | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Advancing the science of women’s health
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Holden Thorp @holdenthorp.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Very happy about this terrific special issue of Science Advances on women's health. Great work by the team! @science.org. www.science.org/toc/sciadv/c...
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Contents | Science Advances 11, 10
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Holden Thorp @holdenthorp.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Thanks to @statnews.com for this great story on the Science Advances special issue on Women's Health. www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/a...
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‘Simply good science’: Women’s health research reveals clues to aging and Alzheimer’s
A special edition of the journal Science focuses on women's health, including links between estrogen and dementia, at a time when gender studies are under attack.
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Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Also spoke at length to Kaitlin Casaletto and @mwoodalex.bsky.social about their study on Alzheimer's, estrogens and menopause, powerful research in a timely collection from Science Advances this week - when hormone research was mocked in the SOTU address. bsky.app/profile/hold...
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