Women’s healthcare is being put firmly under the microscope tonight, as 7NEWS Spotlight investigates why generations of women have been diagnosed, treated and researched differently to men.
Liz Hayes returns to front the special alongside women’s health expert Dr Stacy Sims and Olympic gold medallist Libby Trickett, examining the long standing medical blind spots that researchers say have impacted women’s healthcare for decades.
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This week on 7NEWS Spotlight, Liz Hayes returns for her first major investigation of the season, taking on an issue that affects half the population, but for too long hasn’t been treated that way.
For about 14 million Australian women and girls, health advice has often been built on incomplete, and at times flawed and even harmful research and information, based on results taken only from men. The consequences have been significant, with experts warning women have been suffering and even dying unnecessarily for decades.
Liz Hayes joins women’s health expert Dr Stacy Sims during a revealing 7NEWS Spotlight investigation into the long standing gaps in women’s healthcare (image – Seven)
Now, in a deeply personal major investigation – coinciding with a significant milestone of her own – Liz puts herself through a series of confronting medical tests to understand what it all means, and what women can do about it.
From uncomfortable truths to cutting-edge breakthroughs, 7NEWS Spotlight examines how women’s bodies have been misunderstood for centuries, and why change is finally underway.
Along the way, Liz meets the doctors, researchers and health experts working to close the gap, exploring new approaches that could help women live better, healthier and longer lives.
Liz said:
“This story was a bit of a reckoning for me. I was aghast to learn that for decades much of women’s health has been based on the research of men. I was shocked by what that has meant and how far women have fallen behind.
“But I am buoyed by the amazing efforts to remedy that – some of it life changing. And suffice to say I’m hoping it’s not too late for me to make some critical changes.”
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Join Liz Hayes for this revealing investigation that every woman needs to see.
This episode of 7NEWS Spotlight: Bad Treatment: Changing Women’s Healthcare airs tonight, Sunday, May 24th at 8:00pm on Seven and 7plus
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