Outliving Your Ovaries: An Endocrinologist Weighs The Risks And Rewards Of Treating Menopause With Hormone Replacement Therapy

(BP660) - Marina Johnson MD is a board-certified Endocrinologist and Pharmacist. In 2011, she was honored to be invited as one of twelve speakers at the Cleveland HeartLab Annual Symposium. Her program, "Seven Strategies For Prescribing HRT & Cardiovascular Implications", represented AMA Category 1 Continuing Medical Education (CME) for keeping physicians up-to-date on the very latest evidence-based research and methods. Dr. Johnson is the Medical Director of the Institute of Endocrinology and Preventive Medicine in Irving, Texas. In her 30 years of practice, she has managed over 100,000 female patient visits. She has no financial ties with any pharmaceutical company.

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REVIEWS

"I've been a patient of Dr. Johnson's for 4 years now. Lousy quality of life, fat and miserable when I found her, she has changed my life. I now love living, have lost 40 pounds, feel and look 30 years younger and only intend to get better. You owe it to yourself and the women in your life to read this book. Following her program is not easy or quick, but it's well worth the time and effort you spend. I'll never go back to the way I was. There are two most important women in my life: my mother, who gave me life; and Dr. Marina Johnson, who made it worth living again."

Celia D. Trimble
Attorney

"An absolute must read for all adult females. Her Johnson Menopause Method is evidence-based and backed up by 30 years of continuing clinical experience. From a medical standpoint, her method contains excellent concepts which are all too often missing in current clinical medicine. It is refreshing to read a book that is obviously divorced from medical industry bias. Her willingness to share her wealth of knowledge is commendable. Her book empowers women with essential information that will allow them to take responsibility for their own well being. Healthcare providers who deliver hormone replacement therapy should be required to read this book."

Dr. Bradley F. Bale
Co-Founder of the Bale/Doneen Method
Clinical Professor
Texas Tech School of Medicine

"Outliving Your Ovaries is a must read for every woman. Not only because it demystifies so many controversial and conflicting views in treating menopause, but mostly because one can put that book down and feel absolutely empowered. Women can now have the intelligent and informed conversation with their doctors about their bodies that so many of us have struggled to have. Dr. Johnson helps us to understand - with honesty, and decades of research - the real risks and real benefits of how you treat your body during your child-bearing and menopausal years. It's not that this book goes out of its way to criticize or put down others' work, conclusions or opinions. It's that Outliving Your Ovaries gives women a FAIR view, one that isn't backed by a pharmaceutical company, Hollywood cult phenomenon, or other financial directive. And because Dr. Johnson speaks on our behalf without that pressure, I personally find her word trustworthy. But trust is not the only reason to listen, Dr. Johnson's credentials also speak for themselves. She is a trained pharmacist and endocrinologist, giving her unique perspective on risk and benefit of Hormone Replacement Therapy valuable weight. I have read and re-read this work since it was first published, discussed it with my doctor, and with confidence, taken an active role in my health and treatment. I've gifted this book to my mother and sisters because I love and care about them. I recommend this book to anyone who is a woman or cares deeply about one! It will change your life."

Nicole
Internet Revie

Marina Johnson, MD, FACE is the Founder and Medical Director of the Institute of Endocrinology and Preventive Medicine located in Irving, a suburb of Dallas, Texas. She sees pre-and postmenopausal women many of whom are accomplished CEOs and celebrities who want to be proactive about achieving optimal health. While the majority of her patients are in Texas, she also sees women from all over the country and three continents. Dr Johnson is board-certified in endocrinology and metabolism and in internal medicine. While she has a special interest in menopause, she also treats patients with disorders related to thyroid, growth hormone, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), testosterone, and hyperlipidemia. Dr Johnson earned her undergraduate degree in Pharmacy from the University of Houston. She then became Assistant Editor of the American Hospital Formulary Service-Drug Information (AHFS-DI), a drug reference book published by the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. AHFS-DI is a non-commercial drug compendium with a long-standing record in evidence-based evaluation of information on drug use. It's been officially adopted by the US Public Health Service and recommended by the American College of Physicians as part of a library for internists. She researched the medical literature and prepared comprehensive monographs on each drug. Dr Johnson earned her MD from the University of California at Los Angeles and completed an internal medicine residency at UCLA/St Mary's Medical Center in Long Beach, California. She completed her fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. After two years at the City of Hope research hospital she returned to Texas. After one year at Kaiser Permanente in Dallas, she set up her private medical practice. In writing Outliving Your Ovaries, Dr Johnson has utilized her skills as an endocrinologist, pharmacist, and medical writer to research over 450 articles from main-stream peer-reviewed medical journals so that women and their physicians can see there is a sound, scientific basis for her recommendations. Adding her wealth of clinical experience from over two decades of medical practice gives clinical relevance to the book.