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 Des 202511min
Migraine and hormones 101, with Dr Rashmi Halker Singh
This is a listener-requested episode about the connection between migraine and hormones - and one hormone in particular. You guessed it: estrogen. Dr Rashmi B. Halker Singh from The Mayo Clinic talks ...
11 Nov 202523min
New ways to predict preeclampsia and save lives, with Dr Neel Shah
Preeclampsia is one of the most dangerous conditions in pregnancy, and we’ve struggled to see it coming. That’s changing fast, as tests to predict this condition are being developed. Dr Neel Shah is t...
4 Nov 202522min
Why do more women than men get Alzheimers? With Dr Gillian Einstein
Two-thirds of people with Alzheimer's are women, but we don't really know why. Dr. Gillian Einstein, who studies women’s brain health at the University of Toronto, is uncovering how life experiences l...
28 Okt 202526min
The rivalry that built birth control in America - women's health history with Stephanie Gorton
This episode steps back in time, to the origins of the fight for birth control. It wasn't led by one woman - it was shaped by a fierce rivalry between two: Margaret Sanger, who founded Planned Parenth...
21 Okt 202525min
