Patient Voice · Episode
Rose Bundock — PMDD Is as Common as Diabetes, and Nobody Treats It That Way
Rose Bundock, founder of Femsights, joins Adam Walker to unpack the gender health gap: why clinical research too often treats women as small men, what lies beyond "bikini medicine", and why PMDD is as common as diabetes yet still widely unrecognised.
Key insights
The last four pages
If clinical research were a 280-page book, testing on female as well as male bodies has only been standard for the last four pages, so women are too often treated as small men.
PMDD is as common as diabetes
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder affects an estimated 5-8% of reproductive-age women, is driven by the brain's sensitivity to hormonal shifts, and remains widely unrecognised.
Made with, not just for
Rose argues health solutions should be built with the people who live with a condition, and that sometimes the most effective intervention is simply being listened to.
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