Dr. Sara Naseri: Menstrual blood as a diagnostic tool

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🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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It's estimated only one percent of medical research spending globally goes toward female-specific conditions that aren't related to cancer. But even as underfunding of women's health persists -- companies focused on women's health are innovating. Dr. Sara Naseri is working to reframe menstrual blood as a diagnostic tool rather than waste, with her company called Qvin. It received FDA clearance in January of this year for a new kind of blood test: a diagnostic menstrual pad. Plus, Axios senior health care editor Adriel Bettelheim on innovations in women's health. Guests: Dr. Sara Naseri, CEO and co-founder of Qvin; Axios' Adriel Bettelheim Credits: 1 big thing is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Alexandra Botti, and Jay Cowit. Music is composed by Alex Sugiura and Jay Cowit. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can send questions, comments and story ideas as a text or voice memo to Niala at 202-918-4893. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.0	We are, at this point in time, really to have to scratch the surface of what I think is possible.
0:41.0	One doctor wants to give women the tools to close the gender
0:45.0	data gap in medicine. One goal is to change the conversation around
0:49.8	menstrual blood and being this stigma, taboo,
0:53.2	to actually, this is an incredible opportunity
0:55.3	in terms of information about what's going on in our bodies.
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1:14.7	Mainstream headlines about women's health over the last few years have been dominated by developments in the courts and state houses, Alabama's IVF battle, the Supreme Court on abortion, and ensuing state-led
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