2024 has been another busy year \u2013 with hundreds of new articles created for the balance website and app, plus new videos of example consultations, recipes and exercise routines. balance founder Dr Louise Newson\u2019s podcast hit 7.4 million downloads this year, and continues to feature a diverse range of special guests, from menopause experts to women sharing their personal stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We look back at some of our most popular content \u2013 be sure to check out any you\u2019ve missed and if there\u2019s any topics you\u2019d like covered in 2025, let us know at info@balance-app.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This was a special episode of Dr Louise Newson Podcast \u2013 it was released on the podcast\u2019s fifth birthday, and it quickly became the most downloaded podcast of the year, getting 23,258 downloads in its first week alone. Guest Dr Lisa Mosconi, a world-renowned neuroscientist, shared her insight into some of the fascinating changes that occur to the brain during menopause, and offered reassurance to women who might be wondering why their brain feels so foggy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our second most popular podcast of 2024, with 42,547 downloads to date, this episode featured Anita Nicholson, a nurse practitioner and menopause expert in the US. Anita shared her clinical experience of the benefits testosterone can bring women, particularly in restoring their zest for life. Anita talks about her frustration that testosterone is primarily given when women are deemed to be \u201csuffering enough\u201d from low libido and her belief that it can help women feel re-engaged with their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This podcast with journalist and activist Kate Muir was downloaded more than 31,000 times in its first month of release, making it one of our most popular podcasts of the year. In it, Kate speaks to Dr Louise Newson about her book Everything Your Need to Know about the Pill (but were too afraid to ask), and shares her knowledge, and women\u2019s experiences, of hormones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Just like last year, this explainer piece is the most viewed article on the balance website, and it\u2019s only becoming more and more popular (it received 189,000 views in 2024, compared to 113,000 views in 2023). No wonder you like it – it tackles commonly asked questions regarding dosing and explains why dosing can vary from person to person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our second popular article of the year, this looked into a little-known and poorly understood symptom. Internal tremors (sometimes known as internal vibrations) can be linked to perimenopause and menopause but is not a commonly recognised symptom. There\u2019s a lack of relevant studies on the potential link but this was our most popular symptom-based feature on the year and got a good response on social media so further demonstrated a need for more research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our third most popular article of the year (and second most popular of all time), this looks into the reasons behind heavy periods \u2013 changes to periods are often an early sign of the perimenopause \u2013 and offers practical advice and treatment options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We often share women\u2019s personal stories of perimenopause and menopause on balance, but this one, from Pete, a husband who lost his wife by suicide, was the most read in 2024. It\u2019s a hard-hitting account of what happened to Victoria, and Pete shared his hope of raising awareness of how suddenly and severely mental health can deteriorate during perimenopause. It included sources of support and information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Concise and informative, this article is the most popular on the balance app, and covers the definition of perimenopause, the symptoms, average age and length of time it can be experienced. You can find it in the app by looking in Discover, then scrolling through The Basics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our most popular post on Facebook this year, which reached more than 95,000 people, was of Rachel Dawber explaining the transformative effect of testosterone. Rachel appeared on a Live Q&A with Dr Louise Newson for the balance app, and also shared her story on Dr Louise\u2019s podcast, which you can listen to here.<\/a> It\u2019s quite a story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2024 has been another busy year \u2013 with hundreds of new articles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8096,"template":"","subject":[105,32],"content-type":[6],"library-format":[19],"library-author":[],"class_list":["post-8677","menopauselibrary","type-menopauselibrary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","subject-balance-app","subject-education","content-type-article","library-format-read"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menopauselibrary\/8677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/menopauselibrary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/menopauselibrary"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=8677"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=8677"},{"taxonomy":"library-format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-format?post=8677"},{"taxonomy":"library-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balance-menopause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library-author?post=8677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Podcast: The menopause brain: why it might be feeling strange and what you can do about it<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Podcast: Testosterone: the missing piece of the jigsaw?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Podcast: Kate Muir: Everything you need to know about hormones but were afraid to ask<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Article: HRT doses explained<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Article: Internal tremors and menopause: what you need to know<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Article: Heavy periods during the perimenopause: what you need to know<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
My story: Losing my wife – an avoidable tragedy?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
App article: Perimenopause: a definition and explanation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Social media post: Testosterone video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n