{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Lupita Nyong\u2019o Is Done Accepting Fibroids as Normal","description":"Uterine fibroids may affect up to 80 percent of women in their lifetime, but they remain under-researched, underfunded, and routinely dismissed. Lupita Nyong\u2019o is working to change that. \u201cI could not believe that women were partially or wholly losing their reproductive organs because of this noncancerous tumor situation.\u201d On this episode, Dr. Joel Bervell talks with Academy Award\u2013winning actor and activist Lupita Nyong\u2019o about her own diagnosis, and her decision to share an MRI of her body while launching the Make Fibroids Count campaign with the Foundation for Women\u2019s Health. \u201cI realized without research we can\u2019t get any further,\u201d Nyong\u2019o says. \u201cWe need to understand more in order to be able to equip the doctors who can then equip the patients.\u201d Show Notes: Lupita Nyong'o Make Fibroids Count (through the Foundation for Women\u2019s Health) The White Dress Project The Fibroid Foundation ","author_name":"The Dose","author_url":"https:\/\/thedose.show","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40529715\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/024b7f\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/40529715"}