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Black Women’s Health Podcast

Recent Episodes

June 14, 2025

Ignored, Exploited and Misinformed: The Truth about Women's Health

Women's bodies are studied when it's profitable, ignored when it's not. In this raw episode, Dr Rahman breaks down uncomfortable truths in women's health- why potentially low cost, low risk options get dismissed without study...
June 6, 2025

How to survive the loss of DEI?

The definition of women's health has expanded. It is no longer limited to reproductive and gynecologic concerns. As DEI becomes less of a consideration for medical schools and health care systems, you have to wonder how racis...
May 16, 2025

"Let me die."

After being restrained, drug and tied to her bed after trying to "go home", this 96 yr old Black woman from Hemingway SC thougtht she was going to be lynched.After that , we did our best to keep her out of the area hospital t...

Recent Blog Posts

Feb. 20, 2025

Who Controls Black Women's Health? A Womanist Perspective with Dr Wyl…

Why are Black Women Still Flighting to be Heard in Healthcare? Black women face higher maternal mortality rates, greater dismissal of pain, and more challenges accessing quality healthcare than other groups. But why? The answer isn't just lack of a…

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March 19, 2024

Sexuality after 40 for Women?

Who says the sexual fire dims after 40?  YES.. our bodies change with time. Instead of a decline maybe peri-/menopause is a liberation from monthly woes and a new phase where a woman can focus on pleasure. It's a good time to get candid about …

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Feb. 6, 2024

The Black Women’s Health Study- Perms & Uterine Cancer

The Black Women’s Health Study has followed 59,000 self-identified Black women across the US since 1995. The goal has been to assess risk factors for cancers and other majors illnesses in Black women.    Why? Black Women have highe…

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