Health & Fitness

Healthful with Norah O'Donnell

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Healthful is the podcast that puts women’s health first. Norah brings you the doctors, the scientists, and the innovators who are at the forefront on reproductive health, menopause, cancer, and more. Forget miracle cures, vague advice, and fear-mongering and get real information you can actually use. And yes, Norah will divulge her own wellness secrets (blueberries and Botox among them). New episodes available every Wednesday. Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

14 episodes

We’re Going Backwards: The $20 Billion Plan to Close the Gender Healthcare Gap 30 Sept 2026 · 29 min The world of women’s health is underfunded, under-discussed, and under-researched. Less than 10% of the funding at the National Institutes of Health - primarily funded by taxpayer…

Bone Loss: A Silent Disease 23 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 16 min About half of women over the age of 50 experience bone density loss, but most don’t even know they have a problem. That’s why Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein calls it a “silent disease.” Dr…

Healthful LIVE with Olympic Gold Medalist Aly Raisman 16 Sept 2026 · 32 min Olympic Gold Medalist Aly Raisman joins Norah for a vulnerable discussion about giving yourself grace and why she no longer feels guilty for resting her body when she needs to. Ra…

The Blood Donation Blind Spot 9 Sept 2026 · 39 min Women may be disproportionately affected by blood shortages and are more likely than men to need a blood transfusion than men! That’s why we’re talking about this summer’s blood s…

Fertility in Focus 2 Sept 2026 · 52 min This week on Healthful, fertility is in focus. With one in six couples experiencing infertility, Dr. Temeka Zore joins Norah to discuss why it's important to reframe the struggles…

The Secret Lies in the Gut 26 Aug 2026 · 59 min Laurie Cox spends her day investigating the role of the gut microbiota in neurologic diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. This week, she joins Norah to discuss the role the…

Moving Through Grief 19 Aug 2026 · 41 min August is National Grief Awareness Month, and Kate Doerge wants to reimagine how we deal with grief. After the experience of losing her 16-year-old daughter, Kate decided it was t…

I Take Testosterone, Here’s Why 12 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 13 min This week on Healthful, urologist and sexual medicine specialist Dr. Rachel Rubin discusses how female bodies change during perimenopause and menopause - and explains why women ma…

The Truth About Postpartum Psychosis 7 Aug 2026 · 34 min The issue of postpartum psychosis has come to the forefront amid the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, the 35-year-old mother accused of killing her three children. What are the sig…

Exercise: Your Insurance Policy for the Future 5 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 9 min In this episode of Healthful, Norah O’Donnell is joined by her personal trainer and fitness expert, Kira Stokes. Since they started exercising together 12 years ago, Kira pushed N…

The Gut-Brain Secret: What Your Body Knows Before You Do 29 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 21 min Numerous diseases may be traceable back to the gut—from depression and anxiety to Parkinson’s disease—and many doctors consider food as a form of medicine. Dr. Trisha Pasricha is…

Melinda French Gates: It Took Three Doctors to Diagnose My Perimenopause 22 Jul 2026 · 47 min Melinda French Gates is focusing her money and attention on improving women’s healthcare in America. In Healthful’s first episode, French Gates tells Norah O’Donnell why it took t…

The Rise of Lung Cancer in Women and Never-Smokers 22 Jul 2026 · 59 min Lung cancer has surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths in American women—and a growing share of new cases are in women who have never touched a cigarette. A…

Introducing Healthful with Norah O'Donnell 14 Jul 2026 · 2 min Join us every Wednesday starting July 22nd, 2026.