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Hey, it's Mariel. Did you know that if you're a woman, a mammogram is not the only tool you need to screen for breast cancer?

Or that your gynecological health history can give doctors important clues about the health of your heart going forward?

Megan Rabbit is a journalist. important clues about the health of your heart going forward.

Megan Rabbit is a journalist.

She wrote a book called The New Rules of Women's Health.

And she says there's a lot that we as women were never taught about this stuff.

I think that health class really falls short for so many of us and even our young girls today are not getting a real adequate education about their bodies, their anatomy, their health.

And that means we might start to believe myths or ideas that have not been supported by evidence, like the idea that you can maximize your workouts based on where you are in your menstrual cycle.

And this one surprises a lot of women, particularly young women who I think we were targeted for a while with the algorithm saying like if you're in your alludeal phase, you have to do this

type of workout or during your period, during your menstrual phase, take it down a notch. And

there is no great data to back this up.

Megan says after interviewing more than 100 scientists and doctors and other clinicians,

what she learned above all is that the health tips that sound the most obvious are the ones

that tend to be backed by research.

You know, it's the tried and true lifestyle advice that we hear a million times and that can make us roll our eyes.

Like, oh, I've heard this before.

Don't tell me to eat well and sleep and exercise.

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