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Updated · The Independent · Jul 30
Bryan Johnson Unveils Kate Tolo's $2.6 Million Menstrual Data Project
Updated
Updated · The Independent · Jul 30

Bryan Johnson Unveils Kate Tolo's $2.6 Million Menstrual Data Project

1 articles · Updated · The Independent · Jul 30

Summary

  • Johnson said Kate Tolo is undergoing a 100-day regimen costing $2.6 million a year to gather 14 million data points on her menstrual cycle.
  • More than 100 daily tasks and 50 devices track blood, urine, stool, sleep and blood-flow changes, with Johnson calling it a world first for female health.
  • A 12-person medical team is overseeing the baseline phase, after which Johnson said the couple plans to begin testing interventions and publish all results.
  • Tolo, 30, recently disclosed endometriosis, adenomyosis and polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, which Johnson said underscore how poorly women's health is medically understood.

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