Episode summary
Mount Sinai Announces Rowan Women's Health Center | Bloomberg Businessweek
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· · 8 min · Hosts: Carol Massar, Tim Stenovec · Guests: Fanny Elahi
Summary
Mount Sinai’s new Rowan Women’s Health Center is being framed as a broader effort to formalize research and care around women’s health, with a particular emphasis on aging, neurological disease, and the biological drivers of risk. Dr. Fanny Elahi said her own work on neurodegenerative disease is focused on understanding what causes dementia so it can be prevented, noting that women face a much higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease than men.
She argued that the difference is not explained simply by women living longer. Instead, she pointed to deeper biological differences, including vascular aging and the transition through menopause, as possible contributors to later-life vulnerability. She said Mount Sinai is taking a holistic approach to women’s aging trajectories and risk factors, with new tools making it possible to study those pathways more directly.
Elahi also stressed that anti-aging and menopause claims should be tested with rigorous randomized clinical trials, not social-media hype. Her advice was practical: discuss hormone replacement therapy with a doctor around menopause, but also take exercise, sleep, sleep apnea screening, and the Mediterranean diet seriously because they can measurably affect biology and risk.
Key takeaways
- Dr. Fanny Elahi said Mount Sinai’s Rowan Women’s Health Center is meant to formalize a broader, holistic approach to women’s health and aging.
- Elahi said women’s higher Alzheimer’s risk is not explained only by longer lifespan, pointing instead to biological differences and vascular aging.
- She said hormone replacement therapy may help some women, but it will not by itself solve the Alzheimer’s problem.
- Elahi argued that anti-aging treatments need rigorous randomized clinical trials, not hype from social media or wealthy investors.
- Her practical advice was to talk about hormone therapy around menopause and prioritize exercise, sleep, sleep apnea testing, and a Mediterranean diet.
Notable quotes
“correcting for that extra lifespan does not actually explain the increased risk”
“You need to do rigorous clinical trials”
“we've uncovered really uh striking differences between the trajectory of vascular aging in women and men”
“they should have the conversation about hormone replacement therapy because outside of Alzheimer's disease, it can have other benefits”
How the episode opens
Bloomberg Audio Studios, podcasts, radio, news. — You're listening to Bloomberg Business Week with Carol Masser and Tim Stenc on Bloomberg Radio.
Hey, um I have to say I am uh a bit obsessed with a recent story, Just Ask My Team, uh that was in the New York Times. Uh it wrote a new therapy that has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases and even reverse aging. In this story from the Times, and this is a quote from the article, many scientists now believe that mastering cellular rejuvenation may be the key to transforming how long and how well we live.
Some hope that they might eventually be able to harness the process to cure hundreds of diseases, extend life by decades, and even fend off aging entirely. Again, credit to the times on this. Um, and what they looked into, Tim, it's all about what triggers rejuvenation.
and they've done this in the lab and uh apparently there's been a series of breakthroughs that have made that future feel tendalizingly close. Again, that's how the the Times describe it.
We're not there yet, though. Uh lots of groups though working on this, including a new women's center at Mount Si. So, let's get to the Business Week women's health segment where we focus on key issues and developing technologies impacting the present and future of women's health around the world.
It's great to have back with us Dr. Fanny Alahi, associate professor of neurology and neuroscience at the Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. joins us once again from New York City.
Uh thanks so much for for joining us. I I want to talk about rejuvenation, but tell us about this this new chapter that you're embarking on right now.
It's a pleasure to be back.
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Topics
- women's health
- medical center opening
- neurology research
- healthcare services
- impact on clinical work
Companies and tickers mentioned
- Mount Sinai
- Icahn School of Medicine
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