You bring your symptoms to a doctor, you leave without real answers, and somewhere between the waiting room and your car, you start wondering if you are the problem.
You are not.
In this episode of The Inflammation Code Podcast, Dr. Shivani Gupta sits down with Meghan Rabbitt, award-winning health journalist and author of The New Rules of Women's Health, written for Maria Shriver's imprint after 100+ interviews with all-female medical experts.
What they unpack together is both sobering and genuinely useful: the systemic research gaps that have left women without answers, and the practical tools to close that gap for yourself right now.
In this episode:
Why women were not included in NIH-funded clinical trials until 1993 and how that research gap still affects your care today
Why the 40 to 60 window is the most critical period for preventive health and why most women fall off during exactly this time
How hot flashes work in the body and why they matter for long-term heart health
Why two thirds of Alzheimer's patients are women and what brain researchers are uncovering about estrogen and cognitive health
How pregnancy complications like preeclampsia may be early warning signs for heart disease risk decades later
The "don't bury the lead" advice that could change how your doctor appointments go
How to use a lifetime breast cancer risk calculator to advocate for the testing you actually need
Why getting the care you deserve is, as Meghan puts it, a radical act of self-love
If you've ever been told your symptoms are fine when you knew something was not right, this conversation is for you.
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