Overlooked: Women's Health Can't Wait
Episodes
What is Female Athlete Triad? with rock climber Jasna Hodžić
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jasna Hodžić is a writer, researcher - and avid rock climber, and she's built a life around the sport she loves. When she was in her mid-twenties, h...
PCOS, the brain, and what we're missing - with Elle Murata
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Your health story - voices from the First Person Health workshop
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode comes from our listeners, and features their stories about diagnosis and recovery, health and illness - documenting what they have lived ...
The woman who helped make tampons safer, with Nancy King Reame
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How much do you actually know about the tampon you're using right now? Nancy King Reame, Professor Emerita at Columbia University's School of Nursing,...
Cesarean births: the surgery that changes everything, with Helena Grant and Rachel Somerstein
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 i...
Your health story, in your own words: voices from the First Person Health workshop
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode comes from our listeners, and features their stories about diagnosis and recovery, health and illness - documenting what they have lived ...
Knowing, and facing your cancer risk, with Michelle Zimmerman
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 bee...
What a visit to the ER taught me about pain in women: audio essay
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 unc...
Like a trowel carving a pumpkin - one woman’s story to describe her pain from adenomyosis
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 d...
Migraine and hormones 101, with Dr Rashmi Halker Singh
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a listener-requested episode about the connection between migraine and hormones - and one hormone in particular. You guessed it: estrogen. Dr ...
New ways to predict preeclampsia and save lives, with Dr Neel Shah
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Why do more women than men get Alzheimers? With Dr Gillian Einstein
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Univers...
The rivalry that built birth control in America - women's health history with Stephanie Gorton
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
What should men's role in women's health be? with Sanj Singh
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Golda hits the streets of Manhattan for an unscientific sampling to answer this question, then talks with Sanj Singh, CEO of Temple Therapeutics, abou...
No two experiences of menopause are the same - listener stories
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
https://overlooked.simplecast.com/episodes/real-talk-on-menopause-myths-and-facts-with-dr-gillian-goddardThere is a huge diversity of experience in me...
A new way of looking at endometriosis, with Rowan Gardner
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Even a basic definition of endometriosis tells us a lot about why we need to rethink how we’re dealing with this condition. Rowan Gardner is co-foun...
A 'Uterus in a Dish': How menstrual blood could revolutionize women's health research, with Morgan Stanton
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Morgan Stanton's frustration with unanswered questions about her fibroids led her to start a company that's collecting menstrual blood to build better...
Ovarian Cancer Series: A genetic journey
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Genetic testing is a powerful preventive tool for ovarian cancer, especially since there's no way to screen for this disease like we can with breast o...
Ovarian Cancer Series: Innovators
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three innovators in ovarian cancer talk about their work in moving the needle: Oriana Papin Zogby from AOA Dx, Dr Ernst Lengyel from the University of...
Ovarian Cancer Series: Listening to the body
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Three women share their experience of ovarian cancer symptoms - Erin Konrath, Jen Johnson and Susan Leighton. September is Ovarian Cancer month, and t...
Introducing Season 5: women's health can't wait
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Overlooked is a podcast with a point of view: that women’s health can’t wait, not any more. And this season we’re bringing you fresh stories and...
The lethal disparity in endometrial cancer for Black women, with Dr Kemi Doll
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why are Black women are less likely to survive endometrial cancer? It’s a deep-seated inequality, and Dr Kemi Doll has been treating patients and st...
What is cancer survivorship, with Teresa Arthur, a.k.a Mom
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to survive a diagnosis, and live with cancer? For this episode, we return to the subject that launched the very first season of Over...
Breast self-exams and battling insurance: Jessica Baladad's survival story
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Jessica Baladad found a cancerous lump in her breast at 33 through a self-exam, it set her on a path not just to survive cancer but to become an ...
The migraine diaries, with Sally Herships
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Journalist Sally Herships has been dealing with debilitating migraines for most of her adult life. She shares her migraine audio diaries, and talks ab...
Dense Breasts 101, with Julie Gershon
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve had a mammogram, and your results show you have dense breast tissue - here’s what you should know about it. Radiologist Julie Gershon ta...
What is Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder? with author Shalene Gupta
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, or PMDD is a little-known and under-researched condition - a severe form of PMS. Shalene Gupta is the author of ‘Th...
Surviving a ‘widowmaker’ heart attack, with Carolyn Thomas
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carolyn Thomas was having a heart attack when an emergency room doctor diagnosed her with acid reflux and sent her home. For two weeks, she continued ...
The dark history of the Dalkon Shield IUD, with Chikako Takeshita
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Modern IUDs - intrauterine devices - are a safe form of contraception for most women. But this wasn’t always the case. Author Chikako Takeshita trac...
The origin story of estrogen therapy, with Alison Li
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are the origins of HRT and estrogen therapy? Historian Alison Li takes us back to 1930s Canada, and the ‘endocrine gold rush’, when estrogen ...
Surviving an almost fatal brain aneurysm, with Alicia Trujillo
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When journalist Alicia Trujillo felt a sudden, searing headache while swimming, she knew something was wrong. Doctors finally uncovered the cause a fe...
HPV, cervical cancer and the at-home screening test that could save your life, with Dr Anita Lim
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cervical cancer is preventable, but nobody really likes showing up at the gynecologist’s office to get their screening done - which is likely the re...
Can we talk about menopause in the office yet, and what are menopause benefits?
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite all the noise about menopause (and there’s a lot), there’s one place where we’re still not talking about it openly, and that’s the wor...
Managing pain from an IUD insertion, and the importance of the pelvic floor, with Carine Carmy
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this year, the CDC updated its recommendations on pain management for IUD insertion (intrauterine devices used for birth control), which promp...
The revelation of a midlife ADHD diagnosis, with Claire Tomkins
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Claire Tomkins found out she had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in her early fifties, while going through perimenopause. When it come...
A full hysterectomy could prevent cancer - but it also kickstarts menopause: Pamela Esposito-Amery’s story
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
When Pamela Esposito-Amery discovered she had a genetic predisposition to cancer, she took a decision to undergo a full hysterectomy - which also put ...
Innovating Ovarian Cancer Diagnostics, with Nicole Sandford, CEO of Aspira Women’s Health
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do you bring women’s health innovation to life when the healthcare system is set up to resist change? In this episode, Nicole Sandford, CEO of A...
Discovering a borderline tumor in your 20s, with Lucy Rudd
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary:In this episode of Overlooked, host Golda Arthur speaks with Lucy Rudd, a biomedical scientist from the UK, who shares her powerful st...
Not your mother's menopause, with Dr. Gillian Goddard
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Description:What’s the difference between menopause and perimenopause anyway? Is there such a thing as menopause misinformation? Why don’t...
Sharing a difficult story about cervical screening, with writer Brittany Chaffee
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brittany Chaffee talks about navigating cervical health testing, and recounts the moment she received an alarming call from her doctor, leading to yea...
Creating a new path in women’s health: Oriana Papin-Zoghbi
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Oriana Papin-Zoghbi is the co-founder of a women’s health startup called AOA Dx that is working towards early detection for ovarian cancer. Oriana t...
Where do we get our health information from? With Dr Brandi Sinkfield
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How much do we really know about our bodies - and did we learn it in real time, when something went wrong, or on a scroll through social media? We nee...
Mapping the ovaries, with Dr. Kathleen E. O’Neill
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We still have so much to learn about the ovaries, including describing and naming parts of these organs in detail. Dr. Kathleen O’Neill talks about ...
Endometriosis and Pain, with Gabrielle Jackson
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Endometriosis is a complex condition and journalist Gabrielle Jackson has spent most of her life dealing with it. She tells her personal story, the pe...
Season 2: Women's Health Can't Wait
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Season 2 of Overlooked, where women's health is brought to life through immersive personal storytelling and in-depth conversations. In this...
Bonus: A conversation about ovarian health with Dr Dianne Miller
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In reporting and writing this series, I’ve become intrigued by the ovaries themselves and their underrated role in our overall health. In this episo...
India
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Another recurrence to deal with, and then a long-awaited trip to India, to see my grandmother, as the series comes to a close. For more background on...
Survivorship
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode hands the mic over to two other survivors of ovarian cancer - Susan Leighton, and Donna Peppin. Both Susan and Donna talk about how they'...
Prevention
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The cancer comes back again, and Mom starts a new round of chemo. At this point, I decided I would finally go and get a genetics test done for myself....
A new drug
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2020, Mom was dealing with the covid pandemic as well as cancer. After her chemotherapy treatment ended, she started on a new drug, called nirapari...
Genetics
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features:Sarah DeFeo from OCRA.For more background on this episode, head to overlookedpod.com, where you can also get in touch with us.Ho...
Recurrence
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Featuring:Dr James Bentley from Nova Scotia Health.Alison Ross, Director of Knowledge Mobilization at Ovarian Cancer Canada.Jennifer Barton, Director ...
Family
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Caregiving, and even standing by as someone you love goes through cancer, is its own journey, and deserves its own episode. This episode features Rob...
Treatment
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For more background on this episode, head to overlookedpod.com, where you can also get in touch with us.Overlooked is an independently-produced podcas...
Diagnosis
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For more background on this episode, head to overlookedpod.com New to Overlooked? Welcome.Overlooked tells powerful stories about women's health condi...
'Fluid Puppy'
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We begin in a hospital room, in Halifax, Canada, as a difficult moment is about to unfold. An introduction to Teresa, and to ovarian cancer as she and...
Introducing Overlooked: a podcast about ovarian cancer
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For more information on the show, go to www.overlookedpod.com. New to Overlooked? Welcome.Overlooked tells powerful stories about women's health condi...