Women get dismissed by doctors—and it’s led to devastating consequences for cancer

Fortune

When it comes to cancer, getting the brush-off from your doctor can be deadly, Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi, an OB/GYN and cohost of the SHE MD podcast, stressed Tuesday during Fortune’s Brainstorm Health conference in Dana Point, Calif.

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00:00Part of the problem is when we go to medical school, and I'll completely be honest with you,

00:03I think we can all speak to that. No one sends us to a nutrition class. They don't teach us about

00:09diet, lifestyle, right? We just learn to treat the disease and we forget about everything else

00:14that surrounds it. I agree with you. I mean, processed food, lack of exercise, obesity alone

00:21is linked to 13 cancers. So you're right. And until, you know, we, I mean, more and more we're

00:27learning about diet and health and not smoking and obviously avoiding alcohol. But it's,

00:35we don't know. I mean, there's so many factors. I don't smoke. I don't drink. I don't, I've never

00:40done drugs. I've never been overweight. I don't have family history. I don't have a gene mutation.

00:44I got breast cancer. So I think as she was saying there, I was the poster child of an American woman

00:49who was not supposed to get any cancers. I got it when I was 48. So there's so much more to it,

00:55I think.

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