PCOS, the brain, and what we're missing - with Elle Murata
Elle Murata is a neuroscientist with PCOS. When she was diagnosed - and dismissed in the same appointment - she designed a study and made herself the subject. This episode is about how PCOS is really ...
14 Apr 24min
Your health story - voices from the First Person Health workshop
This episode comes from our listeners, and features their stories about diagnosis and recovery, health and illness - documenting what they have lived through, how it has changed their bodies, and what...
31 Mars 14min
The woman who helped make tampons safer, with Nancy King Reame
Nancy King Reame, Professor Emerita at Columbia University's School of Nursing, has spent decades researching tampon safety. She was on the FDA task force that investigated the link between tampons an...
18 Mars 32min
Cesarean births: the surgery that changes everything, with Helena Grant and Rachel Somerstein
Cesarean births are one of the most common operations in the world, and yet, we know surprisingly little about the impact and legacy of this surgery in our bodies. Host Golda Arthur had two emergency ...
3 Mars 37min
Your health story, in your own words: voices from the First Person Health workshop
This episode comes from our listeners, and features their stories about diagnosis and recovery, health and illness - documenting what they have lived through, how it has changed their bodies, and what...
17 Feb 13min
Knowing, and facing your cancer risk, with Michelle Zimmerman
A 'previvor' is a person who doesn't have cancer but carries a genetic risk for developing it. And if that's you, it can feel like you've suddenly been pulled into a world that can be overwhelming and...
3 Feb 23min
What a visit to the ER taught me about pain in women
In the last week of 2025, host Golda Arthur went to the emergency room with a sudden, intense headache. The scan showed nothing. But sitting in an uncomfortable chair with an IV in her arm, she realiz...
15 Jan 5min
One woman's journey to understand adenomyosis, with Cait Reeves
Cait Reeves lived with severe adenomyosis pain for years before getting a diagnosis. In this episode, she tells us about the struggle to be heard by doctors, the breakthrough moment when she found lan...
2 Dec 202511min
