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The Science Weekly team is taking some time off and we'll be back with you next week. In the meantime we've picked out a couple of our favourite episodes from 2022 to bring in the new year. Today we're returning to May when my co-host Madeline asked why aren't women getting diagnosed with ADHD? We hope what it's like to be a woman with ADHD and why it's so often missed in this group.

It’s estimated that 1 million women in the UK could have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – but according to the ADHD Foundation, 50% to 75% of them do not know they have it. So why are women being left behind? In this episode, first broadcast in May 2022, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Jasmine Andersson about her experience of getting a late diagnosis, and asks Prof Amanda Kirby why the condition is so often missed in women and girls. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod