Mastering Menopause - A Doctor's Candid Guide to Estrogen Hormone Therapy - Paperback

by Emine Cay Masters (Author)

Menopause, estrogen, hot flashes, weight gain, lagging libido, waning sex, leaky bladder, diet and exercise, sleepless nights, depression, breast cancer, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's, strokes, heart disease, blood clots...

When most women hear the word menopause, it fills them with dread-and for good reason. With so many giant implications for health and so little clear information, it's easy to become overwhelmed and discouraged.

But while menopause is inevitable, it doesn't have to be inevitably terrible. Emine Cay Masters, MD, a board-certified OB-GYN with more than three decades of experience caring for menopausal women, lays out in clear and credible language everything a woman needs to know about this transitional time in life, so that every woman can make informed and empowering decisions about her health and future.

Addressing the myriad ways that estrogen works in a woman's body, Dr. Masters provides valuable and profound insight into female hormones. While sifting through all the myth, facts, and controversy linked to estrogen replacement therapy, she candidly discusses options for mastering menopause.

To enjoy a pleasant passage through this hormonal transition, as well as secure a healthy future with dignified longevity, a woman has to get real about her menopausal journey. This book helps her do just that.

Author Biography

Emine Cay Masters, MD, is a Georgetown-educated physician and board-certified gynecologist who has cared for menopausal women for more than thirty years.

As an associate clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at George Washington Medical School in Washington, DC, Dr. Masters established a menopause specialty center in northern Virginia. She later went on to serve as the medical director of the Women's Health Clinic at the Veterans Administration hospital in Asheville, North Carolina.

Dr. Masters' grandmother was a midwife, her father was a physician, and her brother is a family doctor. Integrating scientific data with thoughtful clinical judgment is part of her family's DNA. She's passionate about helping women take care of their health, before menopause, during perimenopause, and long after menopause has come and gone.

Every day 6,000 women are marching into menopause. Once a woman knows the real facts about menopause and understands what estrogen deficiency really means, she can build a solid foundation for healthy aging and meaningful longevity. Menopause matters, and "Mastering Menopause" shows us how to journey to the sunny side of menopause.