Screaming to Be Heard: Hormonal Connections Women Suspect and Doctors Ignore
Vliet, the founder and medical director of a women's health care center, believes that hormones play a significant role in women's health, especially in the perimenopausal and menopausal years. Varying levels of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone can be linked to depression, chronic fatigue, migraines, fibromylagia, bladder problems, heart disease, and cancer. Vliet convincingly defends hormone replacement therapy, although controversial, as a corrective and preventive treatment, providing it is individualized and integrated with alternative therapies. It is unfortunate that Vliet's book is aimed at health care professionals and informed lay readers, because the medical jargon can be arduous for general readers, yet its detailed information could help women make informed decisions. A broad overview can be found in Susan M. Lark's The Estrogen Decision: A Self-Help Program (National Nursing Consortium, 1994). Highly recommended for medical collections. (Index and illustrations not seen.)?Lisa A. Errico-Cox, Nassau Community Coll., Garden City, N.Y.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.