Dr Louise Newson on Instagram: "A study reported in the media this week has understandably worried a lot of women, so I wanted to unpick what it actually showed, and what it didn’t. The researchers looked at large numbers of menopausal women’s records and found that grey matter in their brains reduces in areas linked to memory, coordination and spatial awareness. That research is not new. We’ve known for years that progesterone, estradiol and testosterone are important for brain function, and me

Function Health on Instagram: "Women were routinely excluded from clinical trials until 1993. Function is shifting how modern medicine looks at women’s health. Our co-founder, Pranitha Patil, knows what it means to navigate a system where women's health needs are often overlooked Now, Function gives women access to lab tests traditional care often skips: • Hormonal health like estradiol, SHBG • Cardiac markers like ApoB and Lp(a) Because you can’t build health equity without better data."