Personally, if you can afford PoM boots, I would spend that money on a Mithril Helm instead and go boots.
Here are the stat comparisons between the two combinations:
PoM Boots + White Dragon Helm
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_AC: +67
_HP: +150
_MP: + 60
STR: +15 (useless, will be maxed anyway with buffs)
STA: +22 (useless, will be maxed anyway with buffs)
DEX: +15 (useless, will be maxed anyway with buffs)
AGI: +10
_FR: +10
_CR: +15
_MR: +30
_PR: +10
_DR: +15
Mithril Helm + White Dragon Boots
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_AC: +50
_HP: +85
_MP: + 150
STR: +4
WIS: +32
INT: +17 (useless)
_FR: +20
_CR: +35
_MR: +25
_PR: +20
_DR: +20
When you remove the useless stats, these are the positive differences between the two combinations:
PoM Boots + White Dragon Helm VS. Mithril Helm + White Dragon Boots
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_AC: +17
_HP: +65
AGI: +10
_MR: +5
Mithril Helm + White Dragon Boots VS. PoM Boots + White Dragon Helm
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_MP: +90
WIS: +32
_FR: +10
_CR: +20
_PR: +10
_DR: +10
Flowing Thought II
As you can see, Mithril Helm + White Dragon Boots is giving you a ton of mana (240-420 roughly speaking, depending on how close you are to 200 WIS), a good chunk more of important resists (+10 FR, +20 CR) while only sacrificing 5 MR, and you get Flowing Thought II, which is the only Flowing Thought II item for Shamans.
While some people are rabid fans of maxing HP as much as possible, I do not think +65HP is going to help you as much as the mana, resists, and Flowing Thought. It will really only save you if you are getting beat down really fast, and get lucky enough to stabilize the fight at less than 100hp.
Flowing Thought isn't as great on Shamans as it is on other classes, but it can still help reduce the amount of cannibalizing you need to do per fight. It is also nice for regenerating mana while you are traveling from one location to another. You may not need to stop and Cannibalize.
EDIT: If you are an Iksar Shaman, the +22 STA will probably be more useful, as your base STA is much lower than the big races, but +STA is still quite plentiful on Shaman gear. At best you will get an extra 66 HP at level 60, so I still personally prefer the White Dragon Boots + Mithril Helm combo. White Dragon Boots have the best boot resistances in the game for a Shaman, besides Vulak loot. Boots are one of the slots that is much more difficult to find a good resistance piece.
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