233 - Gaslighting of genitourinary symptoms of the menopause

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week on the podcast Dr Louise speaks to Dr Ashley Winter, a urologist and sexual medicine specialist, based in Los Angeles. Dr Ashley has seen the transformative effects of vaginal hormones on women – not only those who are menopausal, but also women who experience cyclical symptoms of bladder pain, UTIs and painful sex. She shares her frustration on the situation in the US, where inaccurate and harmful warnings are included in every oestrogen product available, and her hopes of dispelling the fearmongering by talking, looking at the evidence and sharing her clinical experience. Finally, Dr Ashley gives three reasons why women should use vaginal hormones: It's extraordinarily safe. No risk of any cancer or blood clots, 100% safe. It can prevent you from needing so many other unnecessary treatments that don't address root causes, and so you will probably save money. It is not just a vaginal treatment. It is a bladder treatment, a urethral treatment, a vulva treatment. The medication acts locally, but acts locally throughout the pelvis. Follow Ashley on X and Instagram @ashleygwinter

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr Louise Newsome. I'm a GP and menopause specialist, and I'm also the founder of the Newsome Health Menopause and wellbeing centre here in Stratford-Pon-Avon.
0:21.6	I'm also the founder of the free Balance app.
0:25.6	Each week on my podcast, join me and my special guests where we discuss all things perimenopause
0:31.6	and menopause. We talk about the latest research, bust myths on menopause symptoms and treatments,
0:38.2	and often share moving and always inspirational personal stories.
0:43.7	This podcast is brought to you by the Newsome Health Group,
0:46.9	which has clinics across the UK dedicated to providing individualised perimenopause and menopause care for all women.
1:02.4	Today on the podcast, I'm super excited actually to introduce to you, Ashley Winter, who is a
1:08.9	Los Angeles board certified urologist, but she also has a fellowship
1:12.8	in sexual house for men and women. And I've been avidly stalking her on social media for a little
1:19.4	while now. And I love her robustness and gobbiness and just getting it all out there, really.
1:25.9	So I'm delighted that she's taking some time away from her 10-month-old daughter
1:31.1	to record the podcast today.
1:33.3	So welcome, Ashley.
1:35.7	Thank you so much.
1:37.1	I am so happy to be here and honor that you've reached out and asked to have me on.
1:41.7	So, yeah, thank you for having me on.
1:43.5	My husband is
1:44.9	desperately trying to keep up with our 10-month-old right now. She's far too much energy for him.
1:52.3	So it's really interesting because the more work I do, the more frustrated I get, actually,
1:58.2	because there's just suffering wherever you look and obviously the
2:02.6	menopause affects 51% of the population and it was interesting actually I've just come back
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