Healthful with Norah O'Donnell

Recent episodes

1. The Gut-Brain Secret: What Your Body Knows Before You Do

   Jul 29, 2026

   Numerous diseases may be traceable back to the gut—from depression and anxiety to Parkinson’s disease—and many doctors consider food as a form of medicine. Dr. Trisha Pasricha is a world-leading expert on the gut-brain connection. On this episode of Healthful, she and Norah discuss what role food can play in treating disease. They also cover why more women suffer from irritable bowel syndrome than men, the impact antibiotics have on your digestive system, and what to know about the ongoing Cyclospora outbreak.--We’d love to hear what topics you want to hear covered on Healthful. Text Norah at 202-217-1107.

2. Melinda French Gates: It Took Three Doctors to Diagnose My Perimenopause

   Jul 22, 2026

   Melinda French Gates is focusing her money and attention on improving women’s healthcare in America. In Healthful’s first episode, French Gates tells Norah O’Donnell why it took three doctors to catch her perimenopause and shares the three simple things that keep her healthier than ever.  --- We’d love to hear what topics you want to hear covered on Healthful. Text Norah at 202-217-1107.

3. The Rise of Lung Cancer in Women and Never-Smokers

   Jul 22, 2026

   Lung cancer has surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths in American women—and a growing share of new cases are in women who have never touched a cigarette. Anne Wojcicki's sister, former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, was one of them. In this episode of HEALTHFUL, Norah O'Donnell sits down with Anne, Dr. Kim Sandler, Director of the Vanderbilt Lung Screening Program, and Shira Kupperman Boehler—a lifelong nonsmoker and daily runner diagnosed with lung cancer at 44—to discuss why lung cancer is becoming one of the most urgent, and least understood, threats to women's health. --- We’d love to hear what topics you want to hear covered on Healthful. Text Norah at 202-217-1107.

4. Introducing Healthful with Norah O'Donnell

   Jul 14, 2026

   Join us every Wednesday starting July 22nd, 2026.