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Lupita Nyong'o Is Done Accepting Fibroids as Normal
Episode 1
Friday, 20 March, 2026
Uterine fibroids may affect up to 80 percent of women in their lifetime, but they remain under-researched, underfunded, and routinely dismissed. Lupita Nyong'o is working to change that. "I could not believe that women were partially or wholly losing their reproductive organs because of this noncancerous tumor situation." On this episode, Dr. Joel Bervell talks with Academy Award–winning actor and activist Lupita Nyong'o 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's Health. "I realized without research we can't get any further," Nyong'o says. "We need to understand more in order to be able to equip the doctors who can then equip the patients." Show Notes: Lupita Nyong'o Make Fibroids Count (through the Foundation for Women's Health) The White Dress Project The Fibroid Foundation
