Heart Disease, Autoimmunity, & the Clitoris: What Medicine Got Wrong with Meghan Rabbitt

Award-winning health journalist Meghan Rabbitt discusses her groundbreaking book, "The New Rules of Women's Health.” This conversation tackles what's broken in women's healthcare—from outdated anatomical terminology named after "pale, male, and stale" doctors to the dangerous myth that women are just "small men." They explore why heart disease (not breast cancer) is women's #1 killer, the clitoris as more than just a "button," autoimmune disease surges in midlife, and why menopause deserves better PR.

Episode Overview (timestamps are approximate):
(0:00) Cold Open: What’s Broken in Women’s Health
(4:00) The Problem with “Bikini Medicine”
(7:00) Why Language Matters: Renaming Our Body Parts
(13:00) The Cow Clitoris Scandal & Female Anatomy
(22:00) Heart Disease: Women’s Real #1 Killer
(27:00) Autoimmune Disease Surge in Midlife
(34:00) Normalizing Suffering
(42:00) How to Use This Book with Your Doctor
(47:00) The Upsides of Menopause
(51:00) After Party: Dr. Stephanie’s Final Thoughts

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