Alternative Therapies in Women's Health Archives – February 1, 2009

February 1, 2009

• Meditate on This: Hypertension

  For more than a decade, organizations like the american Heart Association (AHA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been drawing attention to the prevalence and effects of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among women.

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• Do Antioxidants Prevent Premature Rupture of Membranes?

  The purpose of this study was to determine if antioxidant supplementation during pregnancy reduces the incidence of premature rupture of the membranes (PROM).

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• News Briefs: Overall CAM Use Remains Steady, but Some Therapy Use Varies

  Approximately 38% of adults in the united states aged 18 years and older and nearly 12% of U.S. children aged 17 years and younger use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), according to a nationwide government survey conducted in 2007.

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