The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
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The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
Dr Louise Newson is an award-winning physician, respected women’s hormone specialist, educator, and author committed to increasing awareness and knowledge of perimenopause, menopause, and lifelong hormone health. Each week, Louise dives into the newest research, treatments and hot topic issues, prov...
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56 – Why confusion around contraception and hormones is failing women
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by US-based OB-GYN Dr Jordan Emont to explore why so many women are still being denied hormones, despite c...
55 – HRT, breast cancer and the real risks of not taking hormones
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by physician and author Dr Jeffrey Dach, who is the founder and Medical Director of the TrueMedMD Clinic i...
Bonus: Menopause at 10 years old
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by therapist SaraWitter who shares her deeply personal and shocking experience of being menopausal as a ch...
53 – Rosie Viva on bipolar disorder, hormones and mental health
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by model and author Rosie Viva, who speaks openly about her experience of living with bipolar disorder, so...
Bonus: When hormones are missed in mental health
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by mental health nurses Jayne and Diane to discuss the often overlooked role of hormones in women’s mental...
52 – Why psychiatrists must start thinking about hormones
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by consultant psychiatrist Dr Gareth Jarvis to explore the important, and often overlooked, connection bet...
51 – A man’s guide to menopause
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by journalist and author Joe Warner to discuss his new book exploring menopause from a partner’s perspecti...
50 - Testosterone and breaking the stigma
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by urologist, educator and hormone health advocate Dr Kelly Casperson to challenge some of the most persis...
49 – Endometriosis, dismissal and the fight to be heard
In this episode for Endometriosis Awareness Month, Dr Louise Newson is joined by author and women’s health advocate Evelyn Scott to share her personal...
48 – Why heart disease in women is still being missed
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Dr Jayne Morgan, a cardiologist and leading advocate for improving recognition of cardiovascular diseas...
47 - Rethinking mental health and antidepressant prescribing
Content advisory: this episode contains themes of metal health and suicidality
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Dr MarkHorowitz, w...
46 - Why understanding your hormones changes everything
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Professor Mary Ryan, Consultant Endocrinologist, Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin...
45 - Inflammation, hormones and the hidden cause of chronic disease
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Professor Robert Lufkin, physician, medical school professor and author, to explore how inflammation an...
44 - Testosterone and why the UK is falling behind
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by urologist and sexual medicine specialist Prof Mohit Khera to talk about testosterone in women and why i...
43 - Kate Muir on the power and pushback in menopause care
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined once again by journalist, author and friend Kate Muir to reflect on where the menopause conversation reall...
42 - Exposing the failures faced by perimenopausal women
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Jain monks and filmmakers Sadhvi Siddhali Shree and Sadhvi Anubhuti to discuss their new docuseries, Ba...
41 - How small lifestyle changes can transform your health
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson sits down with GP and lifestyle medicine lead Dr Hussain Al-Zubaidi to talk about the everyday habits that shape lon...
40 - How hormones reduce inflammation and keep you healthier for longer
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson speaks with longevity expert and patient advocate Leslie Kenny about health span, inflammation and why prevention ma...
39 - Looking back at 2025: progress, pushback and what still needs to change
As 2025 comes to a close, Dr Louise Newson reflects on the progress that’s been made this year, as well as the ongoing frustration of knowing too many...
38 - Why hormone education matters for every clinician
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson and Dr Rebecca Lewis discuss the role of hormone education in modern clinical practice and why so many women are sti...
37 - Chronic migraine and PMDD: Jessica’s story
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by her daughter Jessica for a very personal conversation about living with chronic migraine, PMDD and the...
36 - How Balance app is reshaping women’s hormonal health
In this conversation, Dr Louise Newson sits down with Matt Jones, Managing Director of Balance app, for an honest look at how a simple idea grew into...
35 - How vaginal hormones can transform the health of women
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by urologist and sexual medicine specialist Dr Rachel Rubin for a clear look at how hormonal changes can o...
34 - Penny Lancaster: The truth about menopause care
Every day we hear from women whose symptoms are being misdiagnosed, which makes Penny Lancaster’s story hit close to home. She talks with Dr Louise Ne...
33 - Menopause and the making of Riot Women with Sally Wainwright
Content advisory: this episode contains themes of mental health and suicide
Many women experience menopause as more than hot flus...
32 - Tackling myths and misinformation in menopause
Despite increased awareness, misinformation around menopause is still everywhere with outdated fears about hormone therapy, confusion over types of ho...
31 - Could it be perimenopause? How hormones influence the brain
Many women reach their 40s and start feeling different. They find themselves more anxious, tired, forgetful or prone to migraines, without realising t...
30 - Challenging the invisibility of menopausal women with Liz Earle MBE
Content advisory: this episode contains themes of suicide
Too many women reach perimenopause and menopause only to feel unheard, unseen and und...
29 - Hysterectomy: surgery, recovery and hormones
Content advisory: this episode contains themes of suicide
More than a million worldwide undergo a hysterectomy each year, for reasons ranging f...
How synthetic hormones can rewire the female brain
For more than half a century, "the Pill” has been a routine part of women’s lives, prescribed not only for contraception but for acne, period pain and...
27 - Elizabeth Day on The Cost of Not Believing Women
Why are women still not believed when they describe their symptoms? And what happens when stories of pain, struggle or resilience are dismissed by hea...
26 - How hormones and lifestyle shape healthy ageing
Across the world, populations are living longer but often with a decade or more of poor health at the end of life. For women in particular, the gap be...
25 - Hormones, nutrition and metabolism in menopause
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by broadcaster and menopause awareness campaigner Mariella Frostrup and chef Belles Berry, who is the daug...
24 - Bone health, hormones and the real risk of osteoporosis
In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by US-based orthopedic surgeon and bone and hormone specialist Dr Doug Lucas for an important conversation...
23 - The truth about GLP-1s, weight loss and nutrition with Dr Jack Mosley
GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have become some of the most widely discussed weight loss treatments in the world. They were o...
22 - Distracted: Jack Suddaby on being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult
'It really weighs heavy. It’s like puttingon lots of different cloaks.’
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a topic many...
21 - Breaking barriers in women’s health: Hormones, education and HRT with Dr Fionnuala Vernon
“The fire in the belly is coming from people’s want and need to help patients and to make a change”
This week, Dr Fionnuala Vernon, Me...
20 - Hormones and metabolism: Unlocking the science with Professor Franck Mauvais-Jarvis
“I don’t understand why we’re not shouting this from the rooftops, a simple medicine, a natural hormone, that can reduce the risk of both diabetes and...
19 - Your Peri Godmother: Shelly Horton on surviving and thriving through perimenopause
Dr Louise Newson sits down this week with Shelly Horton, an Australian journalist, broadcaster and passionate advocate for menopause awareness.
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18 - Hayley and Jay: a 30-year battle for the right diagnosis
In what Dr Louise Newson calls ‘the most impactful podcast I've ever recorded’, this powerful episode shares the extraordinary story of Hayley and her...