Issue 127 HSU and co-workers, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, have studied a Chinese medical preparation for painful periods.... more MINCIULLO and colleagues, Department of Human Pathology, Division and School of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Messina, Italy, have described muscle damage induced by black cohosh.... more Issue 120 CASANUEVA and co-workers, Public Health Research Branch, National Institute of Perinatology, Mexico City, Mexico, casanuev@servidor.unam.mx, have conducted a trial of vitamin C to prevent premature breaking of the waters in pregnant women.... more DUCROS and co-authors, Laboratoire Nutrition, Vieillissement et Maladies Cardiovasculaires, Universite Joseph Fourier, Domaine de la Merci, 38700 La Tronche, France, VDucros@chu-grenoble.fr, have researched the influence of fructo-oligosaccharides on the a... more HARTMAN and others, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA, tjh9@psu.edu, have investigated the consequences of moderate alcohol consumption in postmenopausal women.... more Issue 119 FACCHINETTI and co-authors, Maternal-Infantile Department, OU of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, have reviewed polyunsaturated fatty acids and the risk of premature birth.
Abstract: Premature birth is character... more ZIAEI and others, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical Science, Tarbiat Modarres University, PO Box 14115.111, Tehran, IR, Iran, have carried out a randomized controlled trial of vitamin E in the treatment of painful periods.... more Issue 114 ELDEN and colleagues, Perinatal Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for the Health of Women and Children, Sahlgrenska Academy, East Hospital, 41685 Gothenburg, Sweden, helen.elden@vgregion.se, have conducted a trial of acupuncture an... more Issue 111 KESSEL and KRONENBERG, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women's Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA, bkessel@queens.org, have reviewed (72 references) the role of complementary and alternative medicine... more ZHANG and colleagues, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA, clinn@u.washington.edu, have studied the vitamin C levels in pregnant women and the risk of pregnancy-relat... more Issue 108 MEHL-MADRONA, Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 1249 N. Mountain St., Tucson, AZ 85719, USA, madrona@email.arizona.edu, has studied hypnosis to facilitate uncomplicated birth.... more Issue 107 KANTOLA and colleagues, Department of Chemistry, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland. marjatta.kantola@metla.fi, have investigated the role of selenium in pregnancy.... more Issue 106 PFRUNDER and colleagues, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Women's Hospital, University Clinic Basel / Kantonsspital, Basel Switzerland, have studied the interaction of St John's wort with low-dose oral contraceptive pills.... more Issue 102 SMITH and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, caroline.smith@unisa.edu.au, report on a randomized controlled trial of ginger against nausea and vomiting in pregnant women.... more Issue 100 KVORNING and colleagues, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Hospital of Helsingborg, Sweden, nina.kvorning-terno@helsingborgslasarett.se, have found that acupuncture relieves pelvic and low back pain in late pregnancy.... more Issue 98 PORTNOI and colleagues, The Motherisk Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada, report on a study of the safety and effectiveness of ginger for the treatment of nausea and vomit... more RAYMAN and co-workers, School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford BU2 7XH, UK, m.rayman@surrey.ac.uk, have found that the pregnancy disease pre-eclamspia is associated with low selenium status.... more SRIPRAMOTE and LEKHYANANDA, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Medical College, Vajira Hospital, Thailand, have conducted a randomized trial comparing ginger and vitamin B6 in the treatment of nausea and vomiting i... more Issue 97 MOLLART, Antenatal Services, Maternity Services, Central Coast Health, PO Box 361, Gosford, NSW 2251, Australia, lyndall@ccdgp.com.au, has carried out a randomized controlled trial of two different reflexology techniques versus rest on ankle and foot oedem... more PERSILY, West Virginia University School of Nursing, Charleston, Wva 25304, USA, cperily@hsc.wvu.edu, has reviewed (34 references) the proposition that lay home visits may improve pregnancy outcomes.... more SHU, School of Nursing, Chung San Medical University, shl@csmu.edu.tw, has researched the effects of using a crisis intervention programme on the psychosocial responses and coping strategies of women during in vitro fertilization.... more Issue 96 STEENKAMP, Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, PO Box 667, Pretoria 0001, South Africa, vsteen@med.up.ac.za, has reviewed (35 references) traditional herbal remedies used by South African women for... more WOZNIAK and colleagues, Specialized Outpatient Clinics, Polish Mothers' Memorial Hospital-Research Institute, 281/289 Rzgowska St. 93-338 Lodz, Poland, wozniakp@man.lodz.pl, have studied the anti-inflammatory and immune stimulating effects of acupuncture t... more Issue 94 ILICH and colleagues, University of Connecticut, School of Allied Health, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA, ernst@uconn.edu, have studied bone and nutrients in elderly women.... more SMITH and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Adelaide, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, North Adelaide, Australia, caroline.anne.smith@adelaide.edu.au, have reviewed (44 references) complementary a... more Issue 93 YOUNUS and colleagues, London Regional Cancer Centre, Ontario, Canada, Jawaid.younus@lrcc.on.ca, write about the mind control of menopause.... more Issue 92 GIRMAN and co-workers, Continuum Center for Health and Healing, New York, NY 10016, USA, review (101 references) an integrative medicine approach to premenstrual syndrome.
Abstract: Complementary and alternative medical (CAM ) therapies are widely used... more PONGROJPAW and CHIAMCHANYA, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand, report on the efficacy of ginger in the prevention of post-operative nausea and vomiting after gynecological lapar... more Issue 91 ALKAISSI and co-workers, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital in Linkoeping, Linkoeping, Sweden, have found that P6 acupressure may relieve nausea and vomiting after gynaecological surgery.... more DICKERSON and co-workers, Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29406, USA, macfarll@musc.edu, review (36 references) the premenstrual syndrome.
Abstract: Premenstrual syndrome is a common cyclic... more Issue 90 HABEK and co-workers, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Health Centre, Bjelovar, Croatia, dubravko.habek@bj.hinet.hr, report on a trial of acupuncture in the treatment of premenstrual syndrome.... more Issue 86 KRONENBERG and co-workers, Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia university, 630 West 168th Street, Box 75, New York, NY 10032, USA, review (58 references) the randomized controlled trials... more Issue 85 KEATING and CHEZ, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FLA, USA, advocate Ginger syrup as an antiemetic in early pregnancy.... more Issue 84 KORCZYNSKI, II Kliniki Ginekologii Instututu Ginekologii I Poloznictwa Akademii Medyczney, 94-029 lodz, ul. Wilenska 37, reviews (23 references) the benefits and risks of routine episiotomy during the second stage of labour.... more TAYLOR and colleagues, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, 94143-0606, USA, Diana.Taylor@nursing.ucsf.edu, measured the therapeutic effect of an acupressure brief in dysmenorrhea.... more WILLIAMSON and co-workers, School of Complementary Health, Exeter, UK, conducted a randomized controlled trial of reflexology for menopausal women.... more Issue 80 LIMOSIN and ADES, Service de Psychiatrie du Professeur Rouillon, Hopital Albert-Chenevier, 40, rue de Mesly, 94000 Creteil, France reviewed (47 references) the diagnosis, prevalence, causes and treatment of premenstrual disorder.... more PROCTOR and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National Women’s Hospital, Claude Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand, 1003, E: m.proctor@auckland.ac.nz, reviewed (42 references) published reports of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) inv... more Issue 78 GRIFFITHS, Southern Cross University, Australia reported on a case of dysmenorrhoea successfully treated with traditional Chinese medicine, involving acupuncture and herbal therapy.... more MEHL, Program in Integrative Medicine of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Texas, USA, evaluated non-drug and non-surgical (ND/NS) therapies (which included traditional Chinese medicine, body therapies and guided imagery) for treating women with uterine... more SMITH and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics Gynaecology, Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia, evaluated acupuncture for the relief of nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy.... more Issue 77 OLSEN and SECHER, Maternal Nutrition Group, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Statens Serum Instutut, Artillerivej 5, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark, sfo@ssi.dk, explored whether low intake of fish in pregnant women was related to the occurrence of premat... more Issue 76 KIERNAN, Cayuga Community College, Auburn, NJ, USA, jkiernan@ computer-connection.net, examined the subjective effects of therapeutic touch during home visits in women following childbirth.... more SLOTNICK, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Suite 310, Hofheimer Hall, 825 Fairfax Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA, slotnirn@evms.edu, evaluated the safety and effectiveness of acu... more WERNTOFT and DYKES, Department of Nursing, Unit of Caring Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, elisabet.werntoft@omv.lu.se, investigated the potential of acupressure to relieve nausea and vomiting in normal healthy pregnant women.... more Issue 75 MCCANDLISH, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Health Sciences, Headington, Oxford, UK, reviewed (49 references) the management of perineal care and trauma in routine midwifery practice.... more | Issue 73 EWIES, Department of Gynaecology, Leicester University, UK, aymanewies@hotmail.com, reviewed (45 references) available research into some of the more common alternative therapies used by women to treat menopausal symptoms.... more KOMESAROFF and colleagues, Baker Medical Research Institute, PO Box 6492, St Kilda Central, Melbourne 8008, Victoria, Australia, investigated the efficacy and safety of a externally applied cream containing an extract of wild yam (Dioscorea villosa) for tr... more MUSLIMATUN and colleagues, SEAMEO TROPMED Regional Center for Community Nutrition, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, investigated whether retinol and iron variables in breast milk and in serum postpartum were enhanced more with weekly vitamin A... more Issue 72 IBRAHIM and colleagues reviewed (48 references) the literature for alternative therapies for treatment of menopausal symptoms.... more TIAN and colleagues, Maternity and Child Health Institute, Changqing 400013, China studied the effect of a Chinese herbal medicine for replenishing Kidney combined with acupuncture in treating anovulation and infertility, and the relationship between the m... more Issue 71 CLAUSEN and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, torun.clausen@ioks.uio.no, investigated whether diet in the first half of pregnancy is associated with the risk for pre-eclampsia.... more TANAKA, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan, examined the therapeutic effects of several Japanese herbal medicines on menopausal symptoms induced by gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GRH) in women wit... more TSUI and colleagues, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA, examined the usage patterns of dietary supplements during pregnancy.... more Issue 70 NORHEIM and colleagues, Havnegata General Practice, Harstad, Norway, investigated whether acupressure wristband could reduce nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy.... more Issue 68 CHEN and colleagues, College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC, systematically evaluated the effects of weekly support group meetings for women with postnatal distress.... more DELLENBACH and colleagues, Centre de la douleur pelvienne chronique, service de gynecologie, syndicat inter-hospitalier de la Communaute urbaine de Strasbourg, centre medico-chirurgical et obstetrical, 19, rue Louis-Pasteur BP120, 67303 Schiltigheim, Franc... more MEYER and colleagues, Urogynecology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland, sylvain.meyer@chuv.hospvd.ch, assessed the effects of pelvic floor education after vaginal delivery on pelvic floor characteristics in nulliparo... more STAMP and colleagues, Centre for Research into Nursing and Health Care, University of South Australia and North Western Adelaide Health Service, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia, georgie.stamp@unisa.edu.au, investigated the effects of perineal m... more Issue 66 CHAMBERS and colleagues, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK, J.kooner@ic.ac.uk investigated whether endothelial function is impaired in nonpregnant women with previous preeclampsia and w... more VUTYAVANICH and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, tvutyava@mail.med.cmu.ac.th investigated the effectiveness of ginger for treating nausea and vomiting of pregnancy.... more Issue 65 SHIIZAKI and colleagues, Kampo and Pharmacognosy Laboratories, Tsumura & Co., 3586 Yoshiwara, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-1192, Japan. shiizaki-kazuhiro@mail.tsumura.co.jp have established a highly sensitive bioassay system aimed at measuring... more Issue 64 BURNS and colleagues, Oxford Centre for Health Care Research and Development, Oxford Brookes University, UK examined whether aromatherapy contributed to maternal comfort during labour and improved the quality of midwifery care.... more PAK and colleagues, Department of Acupuncture and Anatomy, Dongshin University, Naju, South Korea investigated whether acupuncture in pregnant rats could suppress oxytocin-induced uterine contractions, and compared the results with those of an oxytocin ant... more Issue 62 Hernandez-Reif and colleagues, Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101, USA. investigated massage therapy for relief of pre-menstrual tension.... more PANDEY and colleagues, Department of Biochemistry, King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, India. investigated the effect of vitamin ‘A’ on free radical cascade in pregnancy induced hypertension.... more Issue 57 PASQUALI, School of Nursing, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, USA described the impact of premature menopause on women's experience of self.... more TANAKA, UMESAKI and OGITA, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan reported two cases of thawing of frozen shoulder in menopausal women treated with a Japanese herbal medicine.... more Issue 56 FRYE and SILVERMAN, Lancaster General Hospital Family Practice Residency Program, Pennsylvania, USA. gfye@bowdoinmed.com reviewed (22 references) focused diagnosis and therapies for the multiple symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.... more TALWAR and colleagues, International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India outlined the use of polyherbal formulations for reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases.... more WEDENBURG, MOEN and NORLING, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vrinnevi Hospital, Norrkoping, Sweden conducted a clinical trial comparing the use of acupuncture with physiotherapy for low-back and pelvic pain in pregnancy.... more Issue 53 KASS-ANNESE, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA USA reviews (112 references) alternative approaches to hormone replacement therapy (hrt).... more VALSECCHI and colleagues, VI Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Milan, H San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy set out to assess alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) serum levels in a population of pregnant women affected by different hypert... more Issue 52 ALLAIRE and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill USA allaire@med.unc.edu conducted a survey to determine the prevalence and types of complementary and alternative medicine therapies used by certif... more KEENAN, Potomac Massage Training Institute USA, reviews (40 references) the most recent literature regarding touch support and one-to-one support during labour and childbirth. The author presents the positive and negative aspects of the traditional birth a... more LABRECQUE and colleagues, Department of Family Medicine and Social and Preventive Medicine, Laval University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada evaluated the effect of perineal massaged performed during pregnancy upon perineal symptoms 3 months following delivery.... more Issue 44 FIELD and colleagues, Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida USA compared massage and relaxation therapy for pregnant women.... more Issue 43 HOCHSTRASSER (No affiliation provided) conducted a study which investigated pregnant women cared for and treated by physicians specialised in homoeopathy with pregnant women cared for and treated by mainstream gynaecologists.... more HOCHSTRASSER and MATTMANN, (No affiliation provided) investigated 2 fundamental questions, the first regarding the usefulness and adequacy of the questionnaires and case report forms available in mainstream clinical research when attempting to evaluate 2 d... more MURPHY and colleagues, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322 USA review (81 References) the mechanisms of endometriosis.... more Issue 42 BEAL, Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, CT 06536-0740 USA reviews (57 references) the use of complementary and alternative therapies by women health care consumers, particularly regarding women’s reproductive health in the United States.... more Issue 40 Comments: Let’s hope that phytoestrogens, rather than HRT, becomes the future treatment of choice for menopausal symptoms. Somehow I suspect that soy will lose out in the battle with the pharmaceutical industry.... more DE-LEO and colleagues, Istituto di Ginecologic e Ostetricia, Universita degli Studi-Siena tested a plant herbal product for the treatment of menopausal symptoms.... more PETRIDOU and colleagues, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Athens University Medical School, Greece. epetrid@atlas.uoa.gr. write that the role of maternal diet in the development of the foetal brain has not been adequately explored, but that marine n... more SEIDL and STEWART, Toronto Hospital, Canada review the scientific literature (115 references) regarding common alternative remedies for the treatment of menopausal symptoms.... more Issue 39 CUMMINGS, Homoeopathic Midwifery Service, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Republic of Ireland has published a brief introduction to the principles of homoeopathy and to how homoeopathy can be prescribed safely and effectively for women during pregnancy and birth.... more MATHIAS and colleagues, Woman's Hospital of Texas, Houston 77054 USA investigated the neuromuscular activity of the gastrointestinal tract in women with endometriosis to assess the effects of diet and drug therapy upon symptoms and to assess the bacterial... more ROBERTSON and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, Medical Center USA investigated whether water baths during labour are associated with development of chorioamnionitis or end... more VEAL reviews (20 references) a variety of complementary treatments for infertility. The author writes that complementary therapists operate under a more holistic view of infertility treatment than their allopathic health professional colleagues.... more Issue 38 Comments: It is indeed sad that women have to resort to pain killers for PMS, when a substantial body of clinical literature exists detailing the therapeutic value of using dietary modification and herbal products for symptom relief. Readers are initially... more FLYNN and colleagues, University of British Columbia's (UBC) Department of Family Practice, Canada conducted a review of the literature in order to learn which factors influencing perineal integrity could be modified by physicians and pregnant women.... more SINGH and colleagues, Complementary Medicine Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore USA write that 30%-80% of women are believed to be affected by premenstrual syndrome (PMS). The authors studied to provide information regarding the... more |
