Alternative Therapies in Women's Health articles from November 2003

Alternative Therapies in Women's Health archives from November 2003

Folic acid and neural tube defects.
November 1, 2003... NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS (NTD) CONSTITUTE AN EXTENSIVE SPECTRUM of disease processes--from relatively mild manifestations to those that have a devastating impact on the individual sufferer, the extended family, and society as a whole....

Soy supplements and cognitive function.
November 1, 2003... THIS YEAR, AN ESTIMATED 1.35 MILLION U.S. WOMEN WILL become menopausal. The most common symptom experienced by these women besides cessation of menses is hot flashes. (1) Much less attention is paid to the cognitive symptoms of menopause, but...

CE/CME questions.(continuing education/continuing medical education)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... 18. In 1992, the U.S. Public Health Service recommended that all women of child-bearing age take what amount of folic acid daily? a. 0.04 mg b. 0.4 mg c. 4.0 mg 19. What risk factors warrant women of child-bearing age taking a...

NCCAM announces research fellowship program.(National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine creates a Director's Fellowship in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced the creation of a new NCCAM Director's Fellowship in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)...

Herbal remedy might raise cholesterol.(guggul)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... A study has found that an herbal remedy widely used in Asia to lower cholesterol actually might raise it instead. Guggul is the yellowish resin that is produced by the mukul myrrh (Commiphora mukul) tree, a small, thorny plant that grows...

FDA seizes bogus dietary supplement that claims to cure cancer.(Forticel and Forticel Mix from Jean's Greens)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2003... At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. marshals have seized the dietary supplements, Forticel and Forticel Mix, from Jean's Greens in Norway, NY. After an investigation of this company and its marketing practices,...