Alternative Therapies in Women's Health Archives

• Evening Primrose Oil for Premenstrual and Menopausal Symptoms

  A shift has occurred in recent years from viewing menopause as "a natural life event" experienced by women to "a condition that requires medical management."

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• Effect of Maternal Alcohol Consumption on Fetal Growth and Preterm Birth

  Low levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy is not associated with small-for-gestational age or preterm birth. Conversely, higher levels of alcohol intake during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth, even after ceasing alcohol intake before the second trimester.

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• A Diet by Any Other Name Is Still a Diet

  Regardless of levels of fat, protein, and carbohydrate proportions, all diets with lowered caloric intake modestly reduced weight.

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• Dietary Supplements Linked to Liver Injuries

  The FDA is warning consumers to immediately stop using Hydroxycut products by Iovate Health Sciences, of Oakville, Ontario, and distributed by Iovate Health Sciences USA of Blasdell, NY. Iovate has agreed to recall Hydroxycut products from the market.

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• Patients on Warfarin Therapy Report Potentially Interacting CAM Exposure

  Thirty-four percent of patients on warfarin therapy reported using potentially interacting complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), according to a recent study published on-line April 28 on the web site of The Annals of Pharmacotherapy.

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