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Ronessa Das
MScOT/PhD candidate at McMaster University researching brain fog in chronic pain and veterans' health; Research Assistant at VRAIE IDEA.
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Jun 23, 2026
Episode 32: What is New in Research on Brain Fog in 2026?
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Grigory KarmyHOST
It's not just about who gets it, but about who has the resources to deal with it.
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5:57Ronessa DasGUEST
So in our study, women describe having a harder time managing brain fog along with other competing priorities.
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6:03Ronessa DasGUEST
So things like taking care of children, household responsibilities, going back to work, all while managing their health.
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6:10Ronessa DasGUEST
And men in our study describe offloading a lot of those tasks to the women's spouses.
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6:15Ronessa DasGUEST
And from a traditional gender role perspective, we know that those types of caregiving roles, those are ones that women tend to take on and they often don't have anyone that they can offload those tasks to.
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6:24Ronessa DasGUEST
And in fact, when we asked women which management strategies they use, most didn't describe the use of any and said advocated for the development in future work.

Grigory KarmyHOST
Dr. Carmi did ask about supplements for brain fog and Ronessa gave a really measured answer that I think is worth hearing directly.
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8:49Ronessa DasGUEST
We did a social media discourse analysis where we actually saw that people were trying to sell things like supplements and vitamins for brain fog.