Women's Health Inequities with Erin Bump
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🎧 #AudioForAction Guest Curator: Erin Bump
Women’s Health Inequities
Women's health is chronically under-researched, underfunded, and misunderstood. Though females make up over half the population, they have been historically left out of science, in part because their hormonal cycles have been considered too variable to research. An unfortunate result: Today, females live a larger percentage of their lives in poor health than males do. These episodes all kick off series that explore women's health—and the inequities they face.
-Erin Bump, Producer of Century Lives
Follow the show on Instagram @stanfordlongevity.
Century Lives: The 51%, "Overlooked and Underfunded"
I was one of three women who produced this series about inequities in women's health, which begins with the history of the exclusion of females from medical research.
28ish Days Later, "Day One: Power"
This series is a fantastic deep-dive into the menstrual cycle in 28 parts—might as well start with day 1.
Bodies, "Sex Hurts"
This vulnerable episode is the pilot of a show exploring the medical mysteries that exist within our bodies.
Cramped, "Death Cramps: Is This Normal?"
A first-hand account of a woman exploring her menstrual health in the absence of adequate formal research. "Respectfully, buckle up."
Century Lives: A Lifetime of Inequality, "It Takes a Village"
Turns out inequity begins even before birth—but a powerful cohort of women in LA is trying to change that.
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