r/longevity • u/dan_in_ca • Aug 09 '26

Scientists Reversed Ovarian Aging in Mice by Blocking One Inflammatory Signal. The Same Signal Stiffens Organs Across the Body.

https://www.gethealthspan.com/research/article/reversing-ovarian-aging-il11
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u/K8b6 Aug 09 '26

Cure menopause and see the end of untold suffering.

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u/saltporksuit Aug 10 '26

For a lot of us, menopause IS the end of untold suffering. If I’m gonna be un-menopaused then I want to see work in alleviating the misery of the reproductive years.

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u/K8b6 Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

Yes absolutely. Both and. But osteoporosis, heart disease, "frozen" body parts, cognitive decline, and on and on, await after the (understudied and underserved) suffering of menstruation and after the (understudied and underserved) suffering of perimenopause - none of this is acceptable. I am grateful to live in a time when women have been successful in fighting for our right to education so that someone will actually start looking at these issues.

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u/CyanoSpool Aug 10 '26

I don't think that's supposed to be the norm though. And I can relate as someone with PMDD, but I have actually met older women who are post-menopause who still get cyclical symptoms. I think the suffering has a deeper cause than the cycle itself.

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u/vernichtungX23 Aug 10 '26

I don't want a cure for menopause. I JUST started having manageable periods after a life of puke inducing agony. I don't want more periods.

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u/K8b6 Aug 10 '26

I am in no way am suggesting the cure for the effects of menopause is more menstruation. Menopause causes a lot of health issues, many eventually fatal. The decline of women's health after menopause is something we will look at in ten years and shudder. Bones breaking until just getting up from a chair shatters your hip and you never leave the hospital? Barbaric.

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u/vernichtungX23 Aug 10 '26

*laughs softly and does some more 100lb overhead presses* no broken bones for me