Welcome to the Newsome Health Menopause podcast.

I'm Dr Louise Newsome, a GP and menopause specialist,

and I run the Newsome Health Menopause and wellbeing centre here in Stratford-upon-Avon.

In this podcast today, I'm really excited to have Lauren Redfern with me, who I met a while ago and she's been working very closely with us in the clinic doing some fascinating research.

So, hi, Lauren. Thanks for coming so hi Lauren thanks for coming hi thanks for

having me so I can't even remember when we first connected you emailed me didn't you I did I emailed

you over about a year and a half ago now I think and I think I was having a conversation with you

actually when you're in the car and you were big. You were looking up your kids.

I hasten traffic.

It's always hands free.

But I'm really constantly flying around, trying to put my children up from school and not be too late.

And it's a really good time.

So yes, I remember.

And then actually I was in a meeting in London and I was waiting for my train and we had a long conversation there.

Yeah.

So talk or through. What were we talking about?

So I got in contact with you originally, I think, to talk about use of testosterone

among menopausal women.

Yes.

And I think I had just come across your work.

I don't think you'd even set up the clinic at that time.

No, I wanted to get your insight, insight really into using the hormone as part of menopausal treatment and your experience of working with patients. And we had quite an impassioned conversation. I seem to remember about it. And you very kindly, when the clinic got on its feet, invited me to come in and sit on a few appointments with you.

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