Wesley K Lefferts

Today, looking at, uh, women, menopause, brain health, um, why women are at a greater risk of stroke and Alzheimer's disease, and what the menopause transition may have to do with that.

Wesley Lefferts is an assistant professor of kinesiology, the study of, uh, scientific study of human body movement and health at Iowa State University.

He's the principal investigator of the BRAVA study.

That stands for Brain and Vascular Aging across Menopause Transition.

Try and be-- don't be fully act- don't be too sedentary.

Try and make sure you're, uh, getting adequate sleep, adequate exercise, um, and, uh, eating a, a adequate and healthy diet.

Wesley Lefferts, thank you very much.

Principal investigator of the BRAVA Study, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Health at Iowa State University in our AIM Studio.