Welcome to Unbiased Science, where we bring scientific method to the madness.

I'm your host, Dr. Jess Steyer.

And today we are talking about a really important topic, a topic that we've spoken about before,

but now we're going to get some real world information about the topic of Alzheimer's disease. And in particular, we'll speak

generally about the disease, but also we want to focus on how it impacts women. Now, y'all might

notice that my amazing co-host, Dr. Sarah Scheinman, who is a neurobiologist and an expert in

this very topic is not here today. She is dealing with

some personal issues. We wish her all the very best as she navigates. You will see her and

hear from her again, just wanted to disclose that because you might be surprised. This is,

this is her area of expertise. Would also like to disclose and thank the American Medical Women's Association and

Eli Lilly and co for sponsoring today's episode.

We're really grateful for their support.

All right.

So without any further ado, I'd love to introduce the two lovely ladies who are joining me today to talk about this.

First is Leah Fisher.

Leia is a writer, psychotherapist, amateur photographer, and enthusiastic traveler.

Her memoir, My Marriage Sabatical, a memoir of solo travel and lasting love, combines these

interests and describes a year of traveling alone in her 60s and its surprising impact on her

husband, herself, and on their marriage. Fisher has revealed that after the events in her book,

she received an MCI, a mild

cognitive impairment diagnosis with elevated Alzheimer's risk. She offers insights on how couples

cope with health diagnoses, the importance of curiosity over avoidance, and people's desire to be treated with patience,

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