Dr Claudia Pastides and Dr Emma Thornton

The Pink Pineapple Podcast

Health EN ↓ 30 episodes

We’re two doctors and health-tech enthusiasts who are endlessly curious about how innovation is transforming women’s health - from hormones to hardware, fertility to femtech, and everything in between. Each episode, we’ll be chatting with the brightest founders, clinicians and changemakers shaping the future of women’s health. Our aim? To showcase the best and newest in women’s health - with honesty, science, and a splash of fun (and pineapples 🍍).Follow along for the latest in women’s health tech and innovation.

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Dr Claudia Pastides and Dr Emma Thornton

Episodes

Slice Five 📈: Your Temperature Is Talking - Natural Cycles Explains How 02.12.2025 52:53

In this episode, Claudia and Emma sit down with Dr Eleonora Benhar from Natural Cycles to unpack the science behind the world’s first FDA-cleared digital contraceptive. They explore how the app uses temperature and menstrual data to accurately predict fertility, why cycle education is still so lacking, and how features like Go Anonymous protect user privacy. The conversation also looks ahead to we...

Slice Four ❤️: AI vs Preeclampsia - A New Era for Maternal Heart Health 24.11.2025 47:19

In this episode of The Pink Pineapple Podcast , Claudia and Emma sit down with Dr Fran Conti-Ramsden — obstetrics and gynaecology doctor, clinical researcher, and CMO of MEGI Health — for a powerful deep dive into one of the most misunderstood conditions in women’s health: preeclampsia . Fran explains why this complex pregnancy disease looks different in every woman, why it can appear after birth,...

Slice Three 🦴: Why Half of Women Over 50 Break a Bone: The Prevention We’re Missing 20.11.2025 47:27

In this episode of The Pink Pineapple Podcast, Claudia and Emma sit down with physiotherapist and health-tech founder Jenni Dowley to unpack one of the most overlooked parts of women’s health: our bones. Together, they explore why bone density drops with age, how GLP-1 weight-loss meds can accelerate bone loss, and why strength training, protein, calcium and vitamin D are non-negotiables for lifel...

Slice Two 🫢: The Hidden Censorship Holding Back Women’s Health 14.11.2025 39:45

In this powerful second episode of The Pink Pineapple Podcast , Dr Claudia and Dr Emma sit down with Anna O’Sullivan - co-founder of CensHERship and founder of Future FemHealth to peel back the hidden layers of censorship in women’s health . Anna shares the story behind her advocacy work and reveals how women’s health content is routinely restricted, muted, or removed across major platforms - and...

Our First Slice 🍍: Teen Health, Misinformation & The App Every Parent Should Know About 08.11.2025 30:04

Welcome to the very first episode of The Pink Pineapple Podcast - where we peel back the layers of women’s health, digital health, and everything in between. In this debut episode, Dr Claudia and Dr Emma sit down with Jas Schembri-Stothart , co-founder of Luna , the groundbreaking app supporting teen health and wellbeing . Together, they explore what today’s teens are really worried about - from p...