296 - Viagra: is it time to rethink the little blue pill for future health?

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Dr Louise Newson talks to Professor Mike Kirby, president of the British Society for Sexual Medicine and author of more than 450 clinical papers and 32 books. He was previously director of the Hertfordshire Primary Care Research Network, visiting professor to the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences at the University of Hertfordshire, and was attending physician to the Prostate Centre, London, where he dealt with complex medical problems until 2020. Dr Newson and Professor Kirby discuss the importance of hormone health for both men and women, including testosterone. They also explore the benefits of phosphodiesterase inhibitors – which include Viagra – in treating not only erectile dysfunction, but their potential to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease, urinary symptoms, dementia, and even cancer. Professor Kirby is one of the speakers at the upcoming Newson Conference: The Hormone Blueprint, which will be held in London on 21 March. An event for healthcare professionals, the conference will delve into the far-reaching impact of hormones on the body. For more information and to book your place, click here. Click here to find out more about Newson Health.

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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.
1:02.8	So today on my podcast, I've got someone I do know very well, and I have met in real life,
1:07.5	unlike some of my other podcasts. And I've got Professor Mike Kirby, who is an inspiration.
1:13.8	He's a real mentor and more of a mentor than he realizes actually for a lot of my work.
1:18.5	But I've known him for many years. He is also, like me, very interested in cardiology,
1:25.1	cardiovascular disease, disease prevention, keeping healthy, and really interested
1:32.4	in looking at people as a whole. He does a lot more maybe with men than women, but he still
1:39.2	borders on that line with women's health as well and works with the British Society of Sexual Medicine
1:45.0	who I've had a privilege of lecturing for many times and lecturing alongside Mike. So I've been
1:51.1	lecturing about the role of female hormones and he's been lecturing a lot about the role of
1:56.4	testosterone and men's health. And there is so much crossover. So I'm very honored to have him here in the
2:03.9	podcast. So welcome Mike today. I'm delighted to be here, Louise. We're a great fan of yours. So I'd
2:10.4	never say no to you. Oh, very good. I've got that on record now. So that's great. So it's really
2:16.6	interesting because there's so much mis great. So it's really interesting because there's so much
2:18.7	misperceptions in medicine where people have been told something and then there's something
2:26.6	else actually and then they're not really sure and then they don't want to believe. So even
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