WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2002: Re: 'The Wisdom of Menopause' by Dr. Northrup

Re: 'The Wisdom of Menopause' by Dr. Northrup - have any docs here read it??

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 22 Mar 2002 15:24:24 -0600 (CST)

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In reply to: Deborah: "'The Wisdom of Menopause' by Dr. Northrup - have any docs here read it??"

At Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Deborah wrote: >
>At the bookstore this caught my eye and I quickly thumbed through it.
>Before I plunk my money down, I was wondering if any of you had read it
>and whether it contains valid information. The author is a board
>certified OBGYN, but there are some strange chapters where she talks
>about how psychics and astrologers guide her life. Also she writes
>about having financial and other personal problems- I wonder if the
>motive of the book is profiting from the growing population of
>menopausal women? Also, she sells supplements over the internet- is this
>considered ethical in the OBGYN profession?? Thanks.

I have read part of teh book, not the entire thing. I Also have her first book, "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom".

I do have some problems with "The Wisdom of Menopause". One, I really don't think she gives a whole lot of useful information or practical tips for dealing with menopause, or hte physiology of menopause. Like you, I think there was way to much stuff aobut her divorce and financial difficulties that didn't really relate to helping you, the reader (hey, I'm guilty about including personal stuff in my book, but I at least tried to do it as sidebars you didn't have to read if you didn't want to!)

Dr Northrup follows a more holistic view of medicine, one that believes that stress and unresolved life issues can be manifested in certain physical conditions -- I think this is interesting, and may in fact have some grain of truth to it, but it certainly is not the whole answer -- otherwise I -- and probably most of you -- would be one big mass of endometriosis and fibroids, and I barely get a cramp with my periods!!

It is a book worth checking out of the library, to read along with other books on menopause, but I don't think I would plunk down $20+ for it.

--
M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
S. Lake Tahoe, CA

author of "Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide"

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