This week, Dr Louise is once again joined by journalist and activist Kate Muir, who made the Davina McCall documentary Sex, Myths and the Menopause. In Kate’s new book, Everything You Need to Know About the Pill (but were too afraid to ask), she turns her attention to the hormones commonly used in the contraceptive pill.
Kate shares personal stories of how women have been negatively affected by synthetic hormones and uncovers the bad science and patriarchy that have had such an impact on women’s health. She also offers hope that women have options and can demand change.
Finally, Kate shares three things every women should know about hormones and the pill:
You can follow Kate on Instagram at @muirka and on @pillscandal
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227 - Children and the menopause: the importance of talking
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221 - Emma Kennedy: the menopause, the speculum and me
220 - Hormones, HRT and advocating for yourself
219 - Mental health and the perimenopause
218 - Tamsen Fadal: Speaking out about the menopause
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