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What Period Blood Can Reveal About Women’s Health

What: A deep-dive podcast from WBUR on how menstrual blood can “unlock health secrets beyond the female reproductive system.”

Why it matters: Period blood has been under-researched for years, but the women interviewed—including Dr. Bethany Samuelson Bannow, doctor and researcher at Oregon Health and Science University who specifically researches the anti-coagulant properties of menstrual fluid, and Dr. Sara Naseri, founder of Qvin, which makes a diagnostic menstrual pad called QPad—are changing the game.

Source: WBUR (https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/09/24/period-promo)

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