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There are approximately 50 million postmenopausal women in the United States today. It is estimated that 85% of them have significant menopausal symptoms. However, only 38% of them are on hormone treatment, mainly because of irrational fear of side effects.

Menopause doesn’t have to be a time of discomfort, confusion, or frustration. With the groundbreaking research from Wayne State University’s Professor Jerrold Weinberg, M.D., The New Menopause Cure offers women a fresh, scientifically backed approach to reclaiming their vitality and well-being during this transformative phase of life.

Linda’s handwritten letter changed everything. She was a long-time patient, a close friend, and a nurse who had assisted during countless deliveries. She also referred several patients. Yet here was Linda, writing in her beautiful looping script to inform me why she would be seeking care elsewhere.

“Dear Jerry,” she wrote. “Since we are such good friends, I owe you an explanation. Until recently, I was very happy to refer to you as my gynecologist. I even referred several new patients to you, and they have all been pleased with my recommendation. My problem is that I am reaching menopause, and I’m not sure that you can help me. Linda went on to describe her symptoms — severe mood changes, hot flashes, and night sweats. When she asked about replacement hormones, I told her they did more harm than good. When she mentioned Suzanne Somers and “bioidentical hormones,” I dismissed the idea by saying that she’s an actress playing a dumb blonde on Three’s Company. What could she know about menopause? Linda ended the letter, “Hoping this won't ruin our friendship, but I need help, and I’m not getting it from you.”

Her words stung. When the shock wore off, I knew precisely what to do. Never again would I allow another patient to feel so hopelessly abandoned. During the intervening months and years, I joined the North American Menopause Society, attended hundreds of meetings and conferences, interviewed menopausal women about what worked for them (and what did not), and met with compounding pharmacists. Eventually, I completely changed my view of conventional menopausal medicine, alternative menopause options, and the Big Money that powers it all. This puts me at odds with some of my colleagues. In one camp are the traditionalists, who see menopause as a natural transition and encourage women to discover the upside of the changes in their bodies. Their advice for women is to slow down, practice self-care, and focus on themselves. Albeit well-meaning, such advice overlooks the very real and debilitating symptoms that trigger some women to feel so overwhelmingly miserable that it adversely affects their work. They appeal to doctors for a solution for interrupted sleep, brain fog, and other symptoms. However, research shows that 60% to 80% of women are disappointed by what their doctors tell them. They deserve real solutions, but are not receiving them.

When doctors fail patients, women have no choice but to experiment with natural cures in the hope that something, anything, will work. Some may try Drew Barrymore's supplements to balance their hormones. Others take expensive gut protosupplements marketed for menopausal women, but their symptoms nevertheless remain, and frustration grows. The menopause market is a multibillion-dollar enterprise. Nearly one hundred million women in the United States are currently peri or postmenopausal. According to Grand View Research, the menopause market will reach $24.4 billion by 2030—a figure representing nearly a $10 billion jump in market size.

Private equity firms are clamoring for a slice of the money pie — investing in everything from expensive supplements to beauty lines to high-tech treatments. Almost a year ago, the New York Times referred to these investments as the “Menopause Gold Rush.” Take isoflavones, an estrogen-like compound found in soy and red clover. The research is unequivocal. Isoflavones don’t reduce hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms, but the scientific consensus has not stopped this billion-dollar isoflavone market from mushrooming.

On the bright side, the interest in menopausal medicine has fueled the growth of podcasts, blogs, and books devoted to helping women find the solutions they need and deserve. Within the wave of self-help tomes, The New Menopause Cure offers a unique take. It blends conventional menopause medicine with lifestyle medicine, thereby creating a winning protocol that helps women live longer and feel better. Most importantly, this protocol has a proven track record. I've offered this simple, highly successful, and exceedingly safe menopause protocol to thousands of patients and have tracked their health outcomes. In partnership with the University of Michigan, I soon will publish the ground-breaking findings that illustrate what the few menopause-trained physicians want to admit… Suzanne Somers was right. It took me two decades to prove that compounded transdermal estradiol and progesterone (what Somers referred to as bioidentical hormones) can improve a woman’s quality of life during and after menopause.

My research confirms the affordability and safety of these medications even for women in their 60s, 70s, and 80s. When combined with exercise, a healthy diet, stress management, social connections, and adequate sleep, these hormones help to lift symptoms, improve body composition, and extend life. Had Linda not written that breakup letter two decades ago, I would never have learned any of this. Rather, I would likely still be one of the countless healthcare providers who either tell women to “deal with it” or prescribe more harmful oral medication rather than the safer transdermal ones. Linda: I cannot thank you enough, but with the publication of this book, I hope to make it up to you.

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