Biohacking Eve - Health Optimisation for Women

Send us Fan Mail In the final part of this three-part series, Gary Rhodes covers the complete risk factor landscape for bone loss — including the underappreciated role of emotional trauma and chronic stress. He gives a frank assessment of bisphosphonates and injectable bone drugs, makes a clear case for HRT as bone-protective, and connects skeletal health to the entire body system. Followed by cur...

Send us Fan Mail Part 2 of Judith's conversation with Anna Lee, CEO and co-founder of Lioness, gets into the practical side: what actually changes your orgasms, and what the data shows. Anna walks through the findings from Lioness's Sexperiments platform — including why edging outperforms everything else tested by a significant margin, why alcohol consistently weakens orgasms, and what t...

Send us Fan Mail Gary Rhodes of Screen My Bones gets practical in Part 2: which bone scans are available, what they measure, and how often to retest. He explains the science behind osteogenic loading and BioDensity — a technology that builds bone safely even in people with severe osteoporosis — and covers what someone with no gym access can do. The episode also covers the specific nutrition that s...

Send us Fan Mail Gary Rhodes, founder of Screen My Bones, opens a three-part deep dive into the most overlooked pillar of women's longevity: skeletal health. Part 1 covers what osteoporosis and osteopenia actually are, why bone loss in women accelerates so dramatically at menopause, and the hidden risks from GLP-1 weight loss drugs, chronic stress, and emotional trauma. Gary reversed his own...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 2, materials engineer Shagun Maheshwari unpacks what conventional menstrual pads are actually made of — up to 90% plastic — and what that means for the body and the environment. Phthalates, microplastics, greenwashing, and why she designed Papaya to degrade in a landfill, not just a composter. Key topics in this part: - Why conventional pads can be up to 90% plastic; heat-...

Send us Fan Mail Materials engineer Shagun Maheshwari spent five years building the world's first blood-coagulating menstrual pad. In Part 1, she explains why the industry tests pads against saline rather than blood, takes a conventional pad apart layer by layer, and reveals the reframe — keep dry, don't just absorb — that led to a pad which clots blood in place. Key topics in this part:...

Send us Fan Mail Anna Lee, CEO and co-founder of Lioness, joins Judith to reveal what a dataset of around 100,000 orgasms has uncovered about female sexual pleasure — and how little the science had actually established before. This part covers how the Lioness biofeedback vibrator measures involuntary pelvic-floor contractions, the three distinct orgasm patterns the data reveals, and the finding th...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 3, Ronny Szelinsky moves into the frontier: AI-based endometrial diagnostics, the seeding event that shapes your baby's immune system at birth, the emerging theory that endometriosis may be a microbiome disease, and a clinical prediction for where gynaecological medicine is heading over the next decade. The episode closes with the curveball section, including book rec...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 2, Ronny Szelinsky explains the mechanism behind oestrogen-driven microbiome collapse at menopause — and what can be done about it. He introduces the estrobolome, details the research behind Get Happy's Happy Fem probiotic formula, and explains why oral probiotics colonise the gynecological tract as effectively as vaginal delivery. This is the translational bridge bet...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 1 of this conversation with Ronny Szelinsky, founder of Get Happy, we explore the gynecological microbiome — the bacterial community that spans the vagina, uterus, cervix, and urinary tract. Ronny explains why this microbiome operates by completely different rules to the gut, what happens when it becomes dysbiotic, and how its disruption can silently undermine fertility, h...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 2, Anna Butterworth completes the five menopause archetypes with the Post-Menopausal Visionary and the Uninformed Endurer, then explores climate impacts on hormonal health, the VC funding problem in women’s health, and the curveball questions.   Key Topics: •  The Post-Menopausal Visionary: ageing as purpose, not decline •  The evolutionary argument: why humans and whales...

Send us Fan Mail In Part 1, Anna Butterworth introduces the first three of five menopause archetypes from her Future of Menopause 2035 report – the Peri Prepper, the Seeker and the High Performer – exploring who each woman is, what she needs and where the current system falls short.   Key Topics: •  The Future of Menopause 2035 report and why archetypes matter •  48 symptoms of menopause and the p...

Send us Fan Mail Episode description In Part 2, Yulia Mintchin gets practical — covering what women should actually do at every stage, the FemGene patient journey, her own health transformation on HRT at 31, and a surprising conversation about art, creativity and feminine power as the next frontier in women’s health Key topics discussed  Top three interventions for women aged 30–45   When to start...

Send us Fan Mail Episode description Yulia Mintchin, Forbes 30 Under 30 entrepreneur and creator of FemGene, reveals why perimenopause is an epigenetic reprogramming event — not just a hormone dip — and how genetic testing can predict your symptoms and HRT response before a single prescription is written Key topics discussed  Perimenopause as a communication breakdown between genes and hormones   ...

Send us Fan Mail A Neuroscientific Approach to Menstrual Wellness with Dr Emile Radyte: Exploring Brain-Based Pain and Mood Therapies In this episode, we welcome Dr Emile Radyte, a Harvard and Oxford-trained neuroscientist specialising in how the brain influences menstrual mood and pain Dr Radyte discusses her extensive background, including her leadership at Harvard’s emergency medical service an...

Send us Fan Mail Navigating the world of assisted reproduction with Mary Fusillo In this episode, we speak with Mary Fusillo, a practitioner in assisted reproduction for over 25 years. Mary shares insights on her company, Family Solutions International, which provides egg donation, surrogacy, and fertility consulting. She contrasts US and European practice, particularly around donor compensation,...

Send us Fan Mail Harnessing the Power of Cycle-Syncing for Female Productivity with Maggie McDaris In this episode of Biohacking Eve , Judith speaks with Maggie McDaris, founder of Phase, about the untapped potential of aligning work with female biology. Contrary to popular belief, every phase of the menstrual cycle—menstrual, follicular, ovulatory, and luteal—comes with its own surprising cogniti...

Send us Fan Mail The Invisible Factors Impacting Women’s Health: A Deep Dive with Dr Fady Shmouni In this episode, we sit down with Dr Fady Shmouni, a physician-scientist trained in endocrinology, internal medicine, and genetics, to explore the often-overlooked, invisible factors affecting women’s health at a cellular level. Dr Shmouni introduces the concept of the exposome —the full range of envi...

Send us Fan Mail Rethinking Breast Health: Thermography and Beyond with Emma Thornton Judith welcomes Emma Thornton, a health entrepreneur and breast cancer survivor, to discuss breast cancer. Emma shares her stage 3 triple-negative diagnosis and why she explored thermography, a radiation-free imaging technique that can detect early signs of breast cancer years before lumps form. She explains limi...

Send us Fan Mail Optimising Women's Health: Body Literacy, Cycle Awareness, and the Hermone App with Philippa Zorn In this episode of Biohacking Eve, Judith Mueller delves into women's health optimisation with Philippa Zorn, co-founder of Hermone, a German femtech start-up. They discuss how hormonal contraceptives affect the body, including loss of libido and water retention. Philippa ex...

Send us Fan Mail Revolutionising Women’s Health with Lucy Hope: The Future of Vaginal Microbiome Care In this episode, Judith hosts Lucy Hope, a FemTech founder and health tech innovator on a mission to reimagine women’s health—starting with the vaginal microbiome. Lucy shares the story of her company, Daughters of Mars , which is developing the world’s first bioactive prebiotic tampon designed to...

Send us Fan Mail Fertility Insights and Innovations with Leslie Schrock In this episode of Biohacking Eve , host Judith Mueller welcomes Leslie Schrock, an author and angel investor at the intersection of health and technology. Leslie shares her deeply personal journey with infertility, including three failed pregnancies, and how these experiences led her to write her books Bumping: The Modern Gui...

Send us Fan Mail Innovations in Women’s Health and Longevity: Insights from Nika Pintar of AniBiome In this episode of Biohacking Eve: Health Optimisation for Women , host Judith Mueller interviews Nika Pintar of AniBiome. The discussion covers pioneering research in affective neuroimmunology, the impact of gut microbiomes on women’s health, and advanced diagnostics for early breast cancer detecti...

Send us Fan Mail Social Health and Longevity: Navigating Life Transitions with Danielle Ruiz In this episode of Biohacking Eve , host Judith Mueller and guest Danielle Ruiz, CEO and Chief Medical Officer of Everest Health, explore the complex impact of general ageing, perimenopause, and menopause on women’s social health. They discuss the hormonal shifts that influence self-perception, relationshi...

Send us Fan Mail Unveiling the FemTech Revolution: Heart Health, Clinical Trials, and Equity in Healthcare In this episode of Biohacking Eve: Health Optimisation for Women, host Judith Mueller discusses the gender biases in medical training and diagnostics with Susan Stover, a marketing and sales specialist in the FemTech industry. Susan sheds light on how a lack of female representation in clinic...