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The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

By: Dr Louise Newson
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 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, providing accessible, evidence-based information to empower your future health. Joined by fellow experts and special guests, with answers to your burning questions, Louise explores how hormones impact every aspect of our lives. Described as the “medic who kickstarted the menopause revolution”, Louise aims to empower a generation of women to have a greater understanding, choice and control over their treatment, bodies, minds and future health through their hormones. She is the creator of the award-winning free balance app, a Sunday Times bestselling author and the founder of the Newson Health clinic. With over three decades of clinical experience, Louise is a member of the Royal College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Royal College of GPs, a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge, a regular contributor to academic journals including the Lancet and the British Journal of General Practice, and has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Health from Bradford University. DISCLAIMER: The information provided in this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Dr Louise Newson or the Newson Health Group.Dr Louise Newson Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease
Episodes
  • 47 - Rethinking mental health and antidepressant prescribing

    47 - Rethinking mental health and antidepressant prescribing
    Feb 17 2026
    Content advisory: this episode contains themes of metal health and suicidalityIn this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Dr MarkHorowitz, who is a psychiatrist, researcher and world-leading expert in psychiatric medication withdrawal and deprescribing. Mark is also the lead author of the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines and co-founder of Outro Health, the only virtual clinic in the United States offering a clinically validated antidepressant tapering service.Together, they explore how antidepressants,gabapentinoids and other psychoactive medications became so widely prescribed and why stopping them is often far more difficult than starting them. Thediscussion looks closely at what the evidence actually shows about effectiveness, long-term risks, withdrawal effects and suicidality, particularly for women and younger people.The conversation also examines how hormonal changes, life stressors and social factors are frequently overlooked, leading to the medicalisation of distress that may be a normal response to difficultcircumstances. Want more from the podcast? Sign up to my premium offer: https://www.drlouisenewson.co.uk/premium-podcastsLET'S CONNECT Subscribe here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@menopause_doctor Website 👉 https://www.drlouisenewson.co.uk/Instagram 👉 /@drlouisenewsonpodcast Download balance app 👉 / https://www.balance-menopause.com/balance-app/ LinkedIn👉 /https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlouisenewson/ TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@drlouisenewson Spotify 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/7dCctfyI9bODGDaFnjfKhg LEARN MORE Download my balance app 👉 https://www.balance-menopause.com/balance-app/Get tickets for my new theatre tour, Breaking the Cycle 👉 https://www.nlp-ltd.com/dr-louise-newson-breaking-the-cycle/ Find out more about Dr. MarkHorowitz's work 👉 https://markhorowitz.org/Find out more about Outro Health's virtual tapering clinic (US) 👉 https://www.outro.com/
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    36 mins
  • 46 - Why understanding your hormones changes everything

    46 - Why understanding your hormones changes everything
    Feb 10 2026

    In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Professor Mary Ryan, Consultant Endocrinologist, Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin and author of It’s Probably Your Hormones.

    Together, they explore why hormones are far more than just “reproductive messengers”, and how they influence almost every system in the body, including the brain, immune system, metabolism, bones and cardiovascular health.

    The conversation moves through perimenopause, menopause, autoimmune disease, thyroid conditions, PCOS, endometriosis and fertility, highlighting how hormone imbalance is often overlooked or misunderstood in both research and clinical practice.

    This episode is a reminder that when we understand hormones properly, we don’t just treat symptoms. We change long-term health, quality of life and outcomes for women, as well as for society as a whole.


    Want more from the podcast? Sign up to my premium offer: https://www.drlouisenewson.co.uk/premium-podcasts

    LET'S CONNECT

    Subscribe here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@menopause_doctor

    Website 👉 https://www.drlouisenewson.co.uk/

    Instagram 👉 / @drlouisenewsonpodcast

    Download balance app 👉 / https://www.balance-menopause.com/balance-app/

    LinkedIn 👉 / https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlouisenewson/

    TikTok 👉 / https://www.tiktok.com/@drlouisenewson

    Spotify 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/7dCctfyI9bODGDaFnjfKhg

    LEARN MORE

    Download my balance app 👉

    https://www.balance-menopause.com/balance-app/

    Get tickets for my new theatre tour, Breaking the Cycle 👉


    https://www.nlp-ltd.com/dr-louise-newson-breaking-the-cycle/

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    32 mins
  • 45 - Inflammation, hormones and the hidden cause of chronic disease

    45 - Inflammation, hormones and the hidden cause of chronic disease
    Feb 3 2026

    In this episode, Dr Louise Newson is joined by Professor Robert Lufkin, physician, medical school professor and author, to explore how inflammation and metabolic dysfunction lie at the heart of many of today’s chronic diseases.


    They discuss why conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, dementia and mental illness are often treated as separate problems, when in reality they share the same inflammatory and metabolic origins.


    The conversation also looks at the central role of hormones in regulating inflammation, mitochondrial function and long-term health, and why progesterone, estradiol and testosterone may be among the most powerful disease-modifying treatments we already have.


    Want more from the podcast? Sign up to my premium offer: https://www.drlouisenewson.co.uk/premium-podcasts


    LET'S CONNECT

    Subscribe here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@menopause_doctor

    Website 👉 https://www.drlouisenewson.co.uk/

    Instagram 👉 / @drlouisenewsonpodcast

    Download balance app 👉 / https://www.balance-menopause.com/balance-app/

    LinkedIn 👉 / https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlouisenewson/

    TikTok 👉 / https://www.tiktok.com/@drlouisenewson

    Spotify 👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/7dCctfyI9bODGDaFnjfKhg


    LEARN MORE

    Download my balance app 👉

    https://www.balance-menopause.com/balance-app/

    Get tickets for my new theatre tour, Breaking the Cycle 👉

    https://www.nlp-ltd.com/dr-louise-newson-breaking-the-cycle/


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