743. The Shocking Truth About Women’s Health: Medical Myths, Hormone Facts & What Your Doctor Isn’t Telling You

In this episode, I get fired up (again!) about the massive gaps, systemic bias, and flat-out inaccuracies in the way women’s health is studied, treated, and talked about. From clinical research excluding women to medical myths that still persist today, we break down exactly why so many women feel unheard—and what you can do about it.

I'm talking about everything from the historical exclusion of women in medicine to why “bikini medicine” is not an actual category, how stress impacts us differently, and why your sleep, energy, and metabolism might feel totally out of whack.

In this episode: 

• Why most health advice was never actually tested on women

• The true origin of gender bias in modern medicine (hint: Flexner Report)

• Why common recommendations like daily aspirin may not help women

• The real reason “alternative” medicine is dismissed in the U.S.

• How heart attacks, pain, and disease symptoms show up differently in women

• Why women are still underrepresented in studies—even today

• Shocking truths about maternal mortality and autoimmune disease research

• How women process stress, emotions, and fatigue differently

• The biological reasons women need more sleep than men

• Why eating and exercising with your cycle isn’t “woo”—it’s science

• What you can start doing today to support your body better

Resources & Mentions

• Books Referenced:

  • Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery

  • Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

• Studies Cited:

  • Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (excluded women for 20 years)

  • Physicians Health Study on aspirin (conducted on 22,000+ men)

  • Women’s Health Initiative (launched 35 years after men’s hormone research)

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