We’re Not Ovary-acting: Women’s Health Myths Are The Worst

On this week’s episode of the pod, Jess is joined by Dr. Karen Tang (OB/Gyn and science communicator) to debunk common women’s health myths and misconceptions. In honor of Endometriosis month, the two docs start there and discuss what endometriosis is and isn’t, how it’s diagnosed, and treated. Next, they chat about PCOS and discuss the lack of evidence supporting special diets purported to cure it. The conversation shifts to bacterial vaginosis (and BV trends on TikTok that— spoiler alert— are not evidence-based), HPV, birth control, and more. You don’t want to miss this!

Get yourself a copy of Dr. Tang’s book It’s Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (but Were Never Told) from Amazon!

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Resources

• Follow Dr. Tang on all her social channels! Instagram: @KarenTangMD; YouTube: @KarenTangMD; TikTok: @KarenTangMD

• Get yourself a copy of Dr. Tang’s book It’s Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (but Were Never Told) from Amazon!

• The Promise of the PCOS Diet Falls Apart

• 5 myths about endometriosis - Harvard Health

• Lifestyle changes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

• Birth Control and Cancer Risk | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

• Birth Control & Cancer: Which Methods Raise, Lower Risk

• BASIC study: is intravaginal boric acid non-inferior to metronidazole in symptomatic bacterial vaginosis? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

• Surge in endometriosis research after decades of underfunding could herald new era for women’s health

• Endometriosis Is Undervalued: A Call to Action

• Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Etiology, Current Management, and Future Therapeutics