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(MIS)Treated
(MIS)Treated, a TVO podcast, explores how medicine has – and still is – failing women and speaks to the people looking to make a difference. Join host Nam Kiwanuka to hear real life stories and expert interviews on how the mistreatment and misdiagnosis of women affects us all.
Episodes
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Clara Hughes: How menopause "cracked me open"
Clara Hughes is the only athlete to win multiple medals at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. But what the world didn't know was that as a child, she…
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Living with EDS and the fight to be taken seriously | (MIS)Treated
When a story about one woman's search for care sparked a flood of messages, we began investigating Ontario's healthcare system and the possible obstacles…
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Cynthia Mulligan on living a grateful life with breast cancer | (MIS)Treated
According to the Canadian Cancer Society, 1 in 8 women in Canada will develop breast cancer during their lifetime and in 2010, Canadian Broadcaster Cynthia…
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Why do autoimmune diseases impact women more?
Autoimmune disease is complicated. For one, there is no exact number of how many autoimmune conditions there are. We know that at least 80 of them exist and…
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(MIS)Treated: Season 2 Trailer
(MIS)Treated is back for season 2. Join host Nam Kiwanuka as she continues explores how medicine has – and still is – failing women and speaks to…
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Why do women make up 70% of chronic pain cases?
Unlike a broken arm, you can't see chronic pain. This makes it complicated to treat or diagnose because it's subjective. This has led chronic pain to be called…
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How girls and women with autism were missed
A recent study shows that autism is almost as prevalent in girls as it is in boys - so why have we been led to believe that autism is something that mostly…
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Why Canada needs a national framework for women's health
A bill looking to establish a national framework for women's health is making its way through the Senate. What does Bill S-243 look to implement? In Canada…
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The Big Business of IVF
What's it like to navigate fertility care as it becomes increasingly profit-driven in Ontario? Infertility is considered a medical condition by the World…
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What's it like to be a midwife in a conflict zone?
In this country, midwives "were once a cornerstone of every Indigenous community." What happened? Before the 20th century, midwifery was essential for…
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How Canada stops forced sterilization of Indigenous women
This episode is about forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women and girls in Canada. Please listen with care. In 2025, Senator Yvonne Boyer…
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How do hormonal changes impact women's brain health?
Only 3% of studies in neuroscience examine a female-only population, even though women make up 50% of the population. When it comes to neuroscience, research…
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How to combat the Black maternal health crisis
In the U.S., Black women are more than three times as likely to die during childbirth as white women. In the U.K., Black women are more than twice as likely to…
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Can Canada still eliminate cervical cancer by 2040?
Doctors are calling for action. Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers, and rates in Canada had been dropping for years. Canada had even…
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An Open Conversation On Pregnancy Loss
Pregnancy loss affects millions each year – so why do so many women have to suffer in silence after a miscarriage or stillbirth? According to a 2021…
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The Pink Pill: De-stigmatizing women's libido
You may know Viagra as the "blue pill" but what about Addyi, the "pink pill"? Addyi was first approved in the U.S. in 2015 to treat hypoactive sexual desire…
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What's it like to try and get diagnosed with endometriosis?
Because the male body has been the default in medicine, conditions that primarily impact women, like PCOS and endometriosis, are under researched…
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Why is it so hard to get care for the menopause transition?
In the last few years, menopause has become a big business and the global market for it is worth billions of dollars. Yet the people who need care during this…
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'A Dream Realized': A conversation with Canada's menopause pioneer
Until recently, menopause was a whisper between friends and trusted ones. And if you were going through it, there was an unspoken secrecy about saying that you…
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Why researching sex and gender differences matters
Women are diagnosed on average 2 to 4 years later than men in over 1300 different disorders. These include conditions like depression and anxiety, and…
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Why are gynaecology wait times so long in Canada?
In Ontario, family doctors are the gateway to the healthcare system, including providing a referral for a specialist. If you are one of the nearly 2 million…
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How does gender bias harm women's mental health?
Until the early 1900s if a woman had symptoms like cramps, depression, or a headache, a doctor would probably diagnose her with hysteria, which was removed as…
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Why did science ignore girls and women with ADHD?
Consider that while the symptoms of ADHD were first identified back in 1798, it wasn’t until the 1990s that science began to study how ADHD presents in…
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The haunting legacy of gynaecology
Much of gynaecology was built on surgical experiments conducted on enslaved African women. These procedures were done by Doctor James Marion Sims, who has been…
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(MIS)Treated returns January 20th
Join Nam Kiwanuka January 20th on (MIS)Treated to hear real life stories and expert interviews on how the mistreatment and misdiagnosis of women affects us…
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Why are 70% of Alzheimer's patients women?
Is it genetics or age that causes more women to have Alzheimer's? It's more complicated than that. Studies show that of every three patients with Alzheimer's…
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Why EDS is more than "just loose joints"
In July 2023, Sydney Gesualdi was rear-ended at a red light. She was told by her doctors that she had whiplash and tissue damage, but instead of getting better…
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Is FemTech the answer to women's health?
Femtech focuses on technological innovation within the women's health space. Innovations can include everything from a new version of the speculum to a bra…
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The Report: Women's health and its connection to the economy
Did you know that women in Canada spend 24% more time in ill health compared to men? That's just one of the findings from The McKinsey Health Institute's…
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What's it like to live with endometriosis?
According to the World Health Organization, it can take 4 to 12 years to be diagnosed with endometriosis. In Canada, it's 5 years, and in the U.K., 9 years. We…
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Why weren't women included in clinical trials?
Women were excluded from clinical trials until 1993 in the United States and until 1997 in Canada. Nam Kiwanuka speaks to Dr. Michelle Cohen, a family…
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The Report: Black women and girl's health in Canada
Nam Kiwanuka speaks with Kearie Daniel, the executive director and founder of The Black Women's Institute for Health about a first-of-its-kind survey on Black…
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How patient stories are changing PCOS research
Kendall Soucie, an associate professor at the University of Windsor, has spoken with many people suffering with polycystic ovarian syndrome. She explains that…
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Dispelling the myths of a 'lazy girl's diagnosis'
There's a good chance you've heard of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). By some estimates, nearly 1.4 million Canadians have it, but did you know it's…
(MIS)Treated"I want to live as if I'm alive"
By 2050, global cancer rates are set to increase by 75 per cent, but the human impact is already being felt. Nam Kiwanuka speaks with Farrah Khan who was…
(MIS)TreatedTylenol and women's pain in pregnancy
In September, Donald Trump sparked a public health crisis when he claimed there was a link between the prenatal use of Tylenol and autism. The health and…
(MIS)TreatedEndometriosis "acts almost like a cancer"
Imagine waiting for years, sometimes decades, to receive a diagnosis for an illness that's made you change every aspect of your life. If you're living with…
(MIS)TreatedAre fibroids FINALLY having a moment?
Fibroids will impact up to 80% of women by age 50 so why don't we know what causes them? As celebrities like Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o and tennis superstar…
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Introducing '(MIS)Treated'
(MIS)Treated explores how medicine has – and still is – failing women and speaks to the people looking to make a difference. Join host Nam Kiwanuka…