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= Dr. Louise Newson =

Dr Louise Newson, BSc (Hons) MBChB (Hons) MRCP FRCGP is a GP and pioneering Menopause Specialist who is passionate about increasing awareness and knowledge of the perimenopause and menopause, and campaigns for better menopause care for all women. Described as the ‘medic who kickstarted the menopause revolution’, she is a No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author, founder of the Balance app and The Menopause Charity, and creator of the My Menopause Doctor website and podcast.

Early life and education
Born in Hampshire, Newson was educated at The Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire and Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey. Lost her dad at the young age of 9. Her mom, raised Louise, her brother and sister on her own while working at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), being a real inspiration for Louise's work.

Newson studied medicine and pathology at The University of Manchester and graduated with First Class BSc (Hons) in Pathology in 1992 and MB ChB with Honours in 1994.

Medical career
Newson pursued a career in hospital medicine, obtaining MRCP in 1998, before moving to specialise in General Practice and medical writing. She has been a writer and editor for many medical journals including GP (magazine) (2000-2018) and was women’s health editor for British Journal of Family Medicine (2013-2018). She is a former editorial board member of the Geriatric Medicine Journal. She has written numerous articles to educate and upskill healthcare professionals, including the Royal College of General Practitioners’ Essential Knowledge Updates and the RCGP’s e-learning for Healthcare modules.

She is a member of the Royal College of Physicians (1998) and qualified as a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners with Distinction in 2000 (MRCGP) and was subsequently made a Fellow in 2016 (FRCGP).

Menopause work
Described as ‘Generation X’s feisty female superhero, our authority on a taboo subject which has been scandalously ignored for decades’ Newson developed her interest in menopause during her time in General Practice, becoming a Menopause specialist in 2018.

Dismayed by the lack of awareness of the menopause and the long-term health risks, and inaccurate information online, she created My Menopause Doctor website. My Menopause Doctor is the largest medically-approved menopause resource in the world. It gives women and health professionals access to essential, evidence-based information about the menopause, long-term health risk and treatments that can alleviate symptoms and safeguard a woman’s future health.

Newson campaigns tirelessly to raise the profile of the menopause within the health profession and society, reframing menopause as a long-term hormone deficiency. She works to dispel myths around hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and educate women and health professionals on how the benefits of HRT far outweigh any risks for the vast majority of women.

In 2018 she opened Newson Health Menopause and Wellbeing Centre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. This is a private clinic (due to there being far too little provision for menopausal women in the NHS) which offers women evidence-based and holistic care for their perimenopause and menopause. It is the now the largest menopause clinic in the world.

Frustrated by a lack of research into menopause and women’s health in general, in 2019 she set up a not- for- profit company, Newson Health Research and Education, to further research into the menopause. This includes the Newson Health Menopause Society, a society for healthcare professionals and experts who are passionate about improving women’s health and understand the impact of hormones in disease prevention and maintenance of future health. The society supports members to improve health outcomes for perimenopausal and menopausal women through professional development, education, research and practical advice and guidance. A free online course, called Confidence in the Menopause, was developed by the Newson Health Research and Education and Fourteen Fish and launched in May 2021. To date, it has been accessed more than 14,500 times worldwide by users from in excess of 20 different professions.

Passionate about educating and empowering all women (and men) on the perimenopause and menopause, in 2018 she published her first book, Menopause: All you need to know in one concise manual, which became an Amazon bestseller.

In August 2021, her second book, Preparing for the Perimenopause and Menopause, became a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller.

In 2020, Newson founded Balance, a free app that gives women up-to-date advice and menopause support at their fingertips. Users are able identify and track symptoms and create an individualised health report to share with health professionals. Users can also access personalised, expert content on symptoms, conditions and treatments and share stories of their menopause experiences.

To date, the app has been downloaded by hundreds of thousands of times in more than 150 countries worldwide in its first year of launch.

Committed to improving women’s access to effective treatment, she is the founder and trustee of The Menopause Charity, which works to improve women's and healthcare professionals' understanding of the menopause. The charity’s website is an essential guide to all things menopause, with accurate medical information on symptoms, HRT and holistic care. Future plans include a professionally-staffed helpline, and a menopause bus to visit communities which are often excluded from menopause care.

In addition to her clinical and charity work, Newson regularly writes articles in academic journals and contributes to research into the menopause.

She is in demand as a menopause expert and makes regular appearances on TV, including the BBC Breakfast, ITV’s Lorraine and the acclaimed 2021 documentary Sex, Myths and the Menopause. Radio appearances include BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. She also regularly writes articles and offers expert advice for national newspapers and magazines.

Newson has a large Instagram following (in excess of 200,000 followers) and harnesses social media to share the latest information and studies through daily posts, and to raise awareness and understanding of the menopause. This was particularly apparent during the pandemic, when Newson used Instagram Live to offer support and advice to women worldwide.

Her My Menopause Doctor podcast has been ranked the No 1. Medical podcast in the UK, and has built up a global audience, featuring expert guests covering topics such as HRT, bone health, exercise and nutrition.

Books
Preparing for the Perimenopause and Menopause (2021). Penguin Life Expert. ISBN: 9780241504642

Menopause: All you need to know in one concise manual (2019). Haynes. ISBN-13: 9781785216428

Articles
Costeira, R., Lee, K. A., Murray, B., Christiansen, C., Castillo-Fernandez, J., Ni Lochlainn, M., Capdevila Pujol, J., Macfarlane, H., Kenny, L. C., Buchan, I., Wolf, J., Rymer, J., Ourselin, S., Steves, C. J., Spector, T. D., Newson, L. R., and Bell, J. T. (2021). Estrogen and COVID-19 symptoms: Associations in women from the COVID Symptom Study. PloS one, 16(9), e0257051.

Scott, A., and Newson, L. (2020). Should we be prescribing testosterone to perimenopausal and menopausal women? A guide to prescribing testosterone for women in primary care. The British journal of general practice: the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 70(693), pp. 203–204.

Newson, L., and Rymer, J. (2019). The dangers of compounded bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. The British journal of general practice: the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 69(688), pp. 540–541.

Newson, L. (2018). Menopause and cardiovascular disease. Post reproductive health, 24(1) pp. 44–49.

Newson, L. R., and Lewis, R. (2018). Premature ovarian insufficiency: why is it not being diagnosed enough in primary care?. The British journal of general practice: the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 68(667), p. 83.

Newson, L. R., and Lass, A. (2018). Effectiveness of transdermal oestradiol and natural micronised progesterone for menopausal symptoms. The British journal of general practice: the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 68(675), pp. 499–500.

Newson, L and Panay, N. (2018). Managing common problems in the menopause. InnovAiT, 11 (7), pp. 378-386.

Newson, L. R., and Gray, S. (2017). Practice observed. Post reproductive health, 23(3), pp. 146–148.

Newson L. R. (2017). My personal experience of the menopause. The British journal of general practice: the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 67(656), p. 125.

Newson L. R. (2016). Best practice for HRT: unpicking the evidence. The British journal of general practice: the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 66(653), pp. 597–598.