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Jennie Erin Smith

Colombia, Florida
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Science + people + Latin America. Valley of Forgetting, my book about early onset Alzheimer’s families in Colombia, comes out in April 2025 from @Riverheadbooks
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Menopause puts the brain at risk. Researchers are starting to learn why

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By Jennie Erin Smith
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Related Introduction to Special Issue A Lifelong Focus on Women’s Health Science 01 Oct 2026 1.0x 00:00 7:11 1.0x Audio is AI-generated. Report an issue|Give feedback Women are more likely than men to develop dementia, and not just because they tend to live longer. One reason may be menopause, the time in midlife when sex hormones drop and menstruation stops—and which some researchers are coming to see as a stress test for the brain.
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Stimulating the brain for women’s health, and the long-term implications of menopausal symptoms

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By Sarah Crespi Verified, Jennie Erin Smith
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Chiara Vercesi Time elapsed00:00 34:54 Download Follow Apple Spotify Overcast Pocket Casts Related Special Issue Review Reframing menopause and menopause hormone therapy as opportunities for healthy aging Science 01 Oct 2026 Related Introduction to Special Issue A Lifelong Focus on Women’s Health Science 01 Oct 2026 First up on the podcast, Staff Writer Jennie Erin Smith joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about new research on how noninvasive technologies such as transcranial magnetic...
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Single brain implant lets paralyzed people both talk and gesture via an avatar

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By Jennie Erin Smith
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1.0x 00:00 4:34 1.0x Audio is AI-generated. Report an issue|Give feedback The revolutionary brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that help people with severe paralysis speak, type, move prosthetic limbs, and more are typically specialists, using sensors to pick up activity from select brain areas to perform a single function.
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