(MIS)Treated

(MIS)Treated investigates: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

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 facing people wi

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 Mulligan annou

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 that globally

(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 the people looking to ma

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 a "silent

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 impacts boys a

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 women repres

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 Health Organiz

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 communities throu

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, Ontario's first

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 on women's b

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 die in chi

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 pledged to elimin

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 Lancet Study, an esti

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 disorder (

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, misunderstood and under

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 transition

'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 were. This

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 Alzheimer's disease

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 Ontarians wit