Alternative Therapies in Women's Health articles from June 2002

Alternative Therapies in Women's Health archives from June 2002

Bust-enhancing products.
June 1, 2002... EXPENSIVE "BUST-ENHANCING" DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS, SOMETIMES in conjunction with topical creams, are being widely marketed. Whether or not bra cups are filled, wallets are emptied; a typical product costs $229 for an eight-week supply. These...

Hops and women's health.
June 1, 2002... "WHILE YOU ARE WORKING HERE, IT IS VERY LIKEly that your menstrual cycles will be disturbed." These words greeted my wife when she started work in a laboratory involved in hops processing: The subsequent truth of this prediction led me (as a...

CME questions.
June 1, 2002... 22. Wild yam and fenugreek contain: a. 8-prenylnaringenin. b. progesterone. c. diosgenin. 23. 8-prenylnaringenin, a phytoestrogen found in hops: a. is less potent than other phytoestrogens. b. is more potent than...

Vitamin E and dysmenorrhea. (Clinical Abstracts).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Source: Ziaei S, et al. A randomised placebo-controlled trial to determine the effect of vitamin E in treatment of primary dysmenorrhea. BJOG 2001;108:1181-1183. Design/Setting/Subjects: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial...

Calcium and lipid concentrations. (Clinical Abstracts).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Source: Reid IR, et al. Effects of calcium supplementation on serum lipid concentrations in normal older women: A randomized controlled trial. Am J Med 2002;112: 343-347. Design/Setting/Subjects: In a substudy of a larger trial assessing...