The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
Today: #24 in Health & Fitness, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
Today: #33 in Health & Fitness, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #42 in Health & Fitness, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Today: #34 in Health & Fitness, Ireland on our combined chart.
Today: #104 in Health & Fitness, South Africa on our combined chart.
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112 – Primodos: the harmful hormone pill prescribed to millions of pregnant women
October 22, 2026 · 37 minPrimodos was the pregnancy test pill containingsynthetic hormones that was prescribed to millions of women during the 50s, 60s and 70s that caused severe congenital malformations, stillbirths and miscarriages.Primodos contained…
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111 – Can hormones help postpartum psychosis?
October 20, 2026 · 35 minCan hormones help postpartum psychosis? Why the fall in estrogen and progesterone after birth is so often overlooked. Jade Lloyd had her daughter in December 2020 after a three-day labour. Within months she was living with anxiety…
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110 – Can't tolerate progesterone? It may be progestogens
October 15, 2026 · 31 minBiochemist Dr Phyllis Bronson on why women who can't tolerate progesterone may actually be reacting to progestogens/progestins (the synthetic type of progesterone) Phyllis has spent decades researching progesterone and mood, and her…
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109 - Can you take HRT with endometriosis?
October 13, 2026 · 31 minCan you take HRT if you have endometriosis? Nicola Roberts feared it would bring her pain back. Now she takes estradiol, progesterone and testosterone and feels the best she has since she was 12. Nicola's periods were agonising from the…
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108 – Why is there so much confusion about HRT education for clinicians?
October 8, 2026 · 32 minDoctors are being taught to treat hormone guidance as if it's law, but according to retired GP and medical educator Dr Mark Coombe, that guidance is too often "at best very conservative, at worst wrong." Mark spent two decades in education…
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107 – Menopause, testosterone & rowing the Atlantic at 50
October 6, 2026 · 33 minIn this really interesting episode, two ocean rowers over 50 share their menopause journeys. One of them takes all three hormones, and the other would love to but has been refused testosterone by so many doctors. Gail Wolstenholme and…
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106 – Hormonal acne, hair loss & ageing skin with Dr Saj Rajpar
October 1, 2026 · 30 minConsultant dermatologist Dr Saj Rajpar, making his fifth visit to the podcast, joins Louise to explain why acne, hair loss and ageing skin are so often driven by hormones rather than skincare. Saj runs Midland Skin in Birmingham and has…
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105 – Mathilde Barker: endometriosis at 19, menopause at 23
September 29, 2026 · 34 minMathilde Barker was 23 when she finally understood why, since the age of 14, doctors had told her it was "just" muscle strain, put her on antidepressants, and once removed her appendix by mistake. It took five years to get a diagnosis of…
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104 – What the research shows about menopause and suicide risk
September 24, 2026 · 32 minIn this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Dr Pooja Saini and psychologist Dr Olivia Hendriks to discuss their important research into perimenopause, menopause and suicide risk. Together, they explore why hormonal changes during…
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103 – A fighter pilot's menopause: HRT, testosterone & guilt with Jo Salter
September 22, 2026 · 39 minJo flew supersonic jets under extreme pressure for a living, but missed the menopause happening inside her own body. This week Dr Louise Newson is joined by Jo Salter, Britain's first female fast jet pilot, who spent years pushing through…
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102 – GLP-1s, hormones & the truth about weight gain with Rose Stokes
September 17, 2026 · 33 minRose Stokes, journalist and host of the Matter of Fat podcast, joins Dr Louise Newson to talk GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, the hormones behind weight gain and the shame around women's bodies. Rose has lived with obesity on and off for thirty…
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101 – Luteal Uglies - what does this mean?
September 15, 2026 · 28 minUp to 80% of women with PMDD have suicidal thoughts. Online, it's being trivialised as the 'luteal uglies'. In this solo episode, Dr Louise Newson explains what'sactually happening in the second half of your menstrual cycle. She describes…

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