Episode Reviews

This is a really great episode about a very important topic that is also very personal to me. I'm really glad Radiolab highlighted these scientists and their work, and hope that more funding and effort goes into this type of study. There's so much we don't understand about the human body (especially about human bodies that don't happen to be male or to be White), and while it's really frustrating, this did give me some hope that at least some scientists are asking these questions and looking for answers.I loved that they directly addressed the elephant in the room of: wait, so do I get pregnant to try to minimize my symptoms? And I love that they emphasized that this is in no way saying women should get pregnant or have more children - the last thing we need is another way to blame women for their own ailments or to pressure them into child-bearing.