T. S. Wiley

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T.S. Wiley is the author of "Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar and Survival", [cite book | last = Wiley | first = TS | coauthors = Bent Formby | title = Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival | publisher = Atria |date=February 27, 2001 | isbn = 0671038680] and "Sex, Lies and Menopause".cite book | last = Wiley | first = TS | title = Sex, Lies, and Menopause: The Shocking Truth About Synthetic Hormones and the Benefits of Natural Alternatives | coauthors = Julie Taguchi, Bent Formby | publisher = Harper Paperback imprint of HarperCollins |date=September 14, 2004 | isbn = 0060542349 ] She writes about women's health, particularly sleep and hormonal issues, hormone replacement therapy and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. Wiley has developed her own version of BHRT known as the Wiley Protocol, though she has been strongly criticized for lacking the relevant credentials and potentially putting women at risk with an unproven, untested intervnetion that uses possibly dangerously high doses of hormones.

Writings and beliefs

Wiley's main thesis in "Lights Out" is that light is a physiological trigger that controls dopamine and hormones like cortisol. Wiley posits that with the extension of the natural day through artificial lighting, rest at the hormonal level is rarely adequate for optimum biological needs of the body. In her view, this results in both fatigue and unnatural appetite, which leads to weight gain, exhaustion and disease. Wiley theorizes that the body's responses are cyclical, reflecting the seasons of the year, and that the body's needs vary seasonally. According to Wiley, during the winter months the body needs more sleep, and carbohydrates should be restricted as they would have been naturally during hunter-gatherer times.

Wiley is listed as co-author of three scientific journal articles along with biochemist Dr. Bent Formby between 1998 and 2001. [cite journal | last = Formby | first = Bent | coauthors = T.S. Wiley | title = Progesterone inhibits growth and induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells: inverse effects on Bcl-2 and p53 | journal = Ann Clin Lab Sci. | volume = 28 | issue = 6 | year = 1998 | pages = 360–9 | pmid = 9846203 ] [cite journal | last = Formby | first = Bent | coauthors = T.S. Wiley | title = Bcl-2, survivin and variant CD44 v7-v10 are downregulated and p53 is upregulated in breast cancer cells by progesterone: inhibition of cell growth and induction of apoptosis | journal = Mol Cell Biochem. | volume = 202 | issue = 1-2 | year = 1999 | pages = 53–61 | pmid = 10705995 | doi = 10.1023/A:1007081021483] [cite journal | author = R Stern | coauthors = S Shuster, TS Wiley, B Formby | title = Hyaluronidase can modulate expression of CD44 | journal = Exp Cell Res. | volume = 266 | issue = 1 | year = 2001 | pages = 167–76 | pmid = 11339835 | doi = 10.1006/excr.2001.5206 ]

The Wiley Protocol

In her follow-up book, "Sex, Lies and Menopause", Wiley theorizes that imbalances in hormones such as estrogen, progesterone, insulin, cortisol, and prolactin, among others, are the root cause of age-related diseases including cancer, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, stroke, and Alzheimer's. These imbalances, Wiley claims, can be attributed to deviations from humankind's natural state—artificial light, sleeping too much in the summer and not enough during winter, and eating fruit during winter months—and indirectly to women's liberation, insofar as it has led to the increased use of contraceptives, deferral of child bearing into the 20s and 30s, less frequent childbirth, and reduced breastfeeding. Wiley's Protocol attempts to mimic the youthful levels and cycles of estrogen and progesterone in order to prevent or treat age-related diseases. Wiley believes conventional hormone replacement therapy is ineffective and dangerous, advocating instead rhythmic, cyclical dosing of bioidential hormones.

Subsequent to the book's publication, her hormone regimen became known as the "Wiley Protocol." Wiley created a registered pharmacy program to ensure the consistency of the compounded products. Pharmacists enter a contract stipulating compounding methods, materials, testing, packaging and recommended pricing while Wiley's company provides the packaging materials bearing the Wiley Protocol trademark. Training for pharmacists is handled by a third party. Wiley offers educational courses for physicians for which they receive CME credits. Fact|date=March 2008 Suzanne Somers advocates the Wiley Protocol in her book "Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones" [cite book | last = Somers | first = Suzanne | authorlink = Suzanne Somers | title = Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones | publisher = Crown Publishing Group | date= 2006 | isbn = 0-307-23724-9 ] .

Controversy

Wiley has been criticized for promoting her version of BHRT without proper qualifications or scientific evidence. On October 11, 2006, Erika Schwartz, Diana Schwarzbein, and five other MDs who have worked with BHRT during their careers issued a public letter to Suzanne Somers and her publisher, Crown, criticizing Somers' endorsement of Wiley's protocol. In the letter they alleged that the Wiley Protocol is "scientifically unproven and dangerous" and that Wiley has no medical or clinical qualifications. [cite web | last = Schwartz | first = Erika | coauthors = Schwarzbein, D. "et al". | title = Letter to Suzanne Somers |date=October 11, 2006 | url = http://drerika.typepad.com/notepad/2006/10/letter_to_suzan.html] [cite news | last =Johnson | first =Richard | coauthors = Froelich, P. & Hoffmann, B. | title = Book's a 'danger to women' | publisher =New York Post | date =2006-10-13 | url =http://www.nypost.com/seven/10132006/gossip/pagesix/pagesix.htm | accessdate = 2007-05-06 ] Wiley has claimed on her website and in speaking engagements that she earned a B.A. in anthropology from Webster University in 1975. On November 27, 2006, Newsweek reported that Webster has no record of this degree.cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/44568|title=A Real Somers Storm: At war over Suzanne Somers's book on 'bioidenticals'|publisher=Newsweek|date=November 13, 2006|accessdate=2008-10-09] Wiley's bio page was then changed to "Pending B.A. in Anthropology, Webster University, 1975" and then again to "Attended the B.A. Program in Anthropology, Webster University, 1970-1975". ABC News reported on February 16, 2007, that, according to Webster, she received only a blank diploma. [cite web|url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=2874767|publisher=ABC News, 20/20|title=Suzanne Somers: Super Saleswoman: Has Somers Found the Fountain of Youth?|author=Sherr, Lynn and Glenn Ruppel|date= 2007-02-16|accessdate=2008-10-09] [cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/fashion/15suzanne.html?pagewanted=all|title=A Battle Over ‘Juice of Youth’|publisher=New York Times|author=Ellin, Abby|date=October 15, 2006|accessdate=2007-12-01]

enate testimony

On April 19, 2007, Wiley appeared as a witness before the Senate Special Committee on Aging to give testimony at a hearing in which the safety and oversight of BHRT and compounding pharmacy were discussed. [ cite web|url=http://aging.senate.gov/hearing_detail.cfm?id=272538&|title=Hearings: Bioidentical Hormones: Sound Science or Bad Medicine?|date=April 19, 2007|publisher=United States Senate Special Committee on Aging|accessdate=2007-12-01]

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External links

* [http://www.thewileyprotocol.com/ Wiley Protocol's official web site]
* [http://www.wileywatch.org/ Wiley Watch] , a critical website