If you are a woman between the ages of 45 and 75 and are trying to
decide whether to try, or stick with, hormone therapy (HT), or if you
are a physician with patients fitting this description, this book is for
you - unless you are looking for a simple answer. If you are looking for
a simple answer, you can go to the web site of one of the companies that
manufactures hormones or makes money by administering hormone therapy
(e. g., AntiAgingGroup. com), or you can go to the we bsite of an
organization that advocates 'natural' aging (e. g., the Inter National
Organization to Reclaim Menopause; Inorm. org). Any impartial advisor,
however, is going to admit that the answer isn't at all clear-cut. Jay
Schulkin, I believe the reader will find, is such an impartial advisor,
and he is going to take you several steps beyond simply acknowledging
the ambiguity; he's going to educate you about the biology, history,
sociology, business, and ethics of hormone replacement therapy. As a
prominent scientist doing research on hormones, a medical researcher, an
expert on decision making, he is the ideal guide to the intricacies of
the topic. You might think that all of this sounds superfluous for
making an informed decision: "Just the facts, please.
