My Recommended Book.
2004
SEX LIES & MENOPAUSE By T.S. Wiley, Julie Taguchi M. D. & Brent Formby M.D.

Regardless of what your prior knowledge might have been on the subject of menopause, you will find this book extremely informative. It is a must read. Forget what you think you know about natural hormones - such as what can be bought online or at health food stores. This book goes beyond the courageous Dr. John Lee's books.
Most of what we know about hormones comes from the scientific and medical professions. But so much of the research is either based on incomplete or faulty information. Many conclusions and recomendations for treatment are based on this lack of information. In recent years we have all been on a roller coaster – one day hormones are on, and we must take more, the next day they cause cancer and need to be suppressed. It's enough to make your hair fall out! The Woman's Health Initiative has done some research that has again caused many to jump to conclusions. From those conclusions there have been some scary extrapolations. Most of the research on hormones was not done using bioidentical hormones. That means most of the hormones used were a synthesis of mare's urine. (Yes pregnant horse urine is what you are taking if you are using traditional synthetic hormones.)
In a nutshell this book asserts that hormones are to be applied using only natural bioidentical hormones, but in the exact way and amount that they are made in the body of a young, reproductive woman. The book also indicates the connections between hormones and heart attack and cancer. Synthetic hormones probably cause cancer but the lack of hormones may cause heart attacks. Though there are other books on bioidentical hormones, such as Suzanne Somers new book "The Sexy Years", I do not know of one that advises their application in this manner or goes this far.
You may have many ideas about hormones and aging or you may have no information. This book tells you why no information on this subject can be very deadly. There are so many implications involved in this kind of hormone replacement therapy – issues pertaining to our youth-crazed culture, sexuality, religion, spirituality and the authority of the medical and pharmaceutical professions. This book addresses all of them.
Susan Wiley has put together all of the relevant research on hormones and her honest look at the scientific and medical community is sobering. Yet she manages to maintain her sense of humor, which you will feel as you turn the pages. This is a brave book and all of the people involved should be applauded for putting their proffesional necks on the line. If you are in your twenties, if you are approaching menopause or past menopause, or if you have had a partial or full hysterectomy' or yep even if you are a man, this book is for you. It is a wonder to me that the entire female population doesn't sue the AMA over erroneous claims and faulty research.