Dr. Louise Newson

And, you know, all my work as a doctor or an educator is just about choice.

But choice has to come from having the right education.

But the same with statins.

You know, I've written an example in the book when a 91-year-old was advised to come in to start a statin because her cholesterol was slightly raised.

And she and me decided it probably wasn't the best thing.

I mean, mainly from her.

She didn't want to start a drug at age 91.

So we have to think and personalize our care as doctors as well.

Yeah, so again, if we go back to the history, because this is where it's so important.

So when hormones were first discovered, they realised there was something in the bloodstream that was produced from the ovaries, because when women had their ovaries removed, a lot of them, unsurprisingly, would have symptoms that we know now are menopausal symptoms.

A lot of them would have mental health problems, sweats, flushes, all of those symptoms.

So they knew there was something and they knew about periods and regulations.

They did a lot of work on progesterone.

So they first found a type of oestrogen in pregnant women's urine.

And they made a type of HRT in the 1930s called M&M.

which was literally from dried pregnant women.

But they had to get a lot, a big volume of urine to make a tablet.

That's tricky.

It was available over the counter, so you could go to the pharmacy and buy it.

But it also smelled of urine and women didn't want to take that.