Positive Health Online

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 1

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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 1

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Issue 64

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<1

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Issue 62

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

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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.

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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.

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Issue 57

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.

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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 mul1

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Issue 56

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.

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Issue 56

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.

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Issue 53

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 hy1

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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).

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Issue 52

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 followin1

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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 prevalen1

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Issue 52

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 1

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Issue 44

FIELD and colleagues, Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida USA compared massage and relaxation therapy for pregnant women.

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Issue 43

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 mains1

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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

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Issue 43

MURPHY and colleagues, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322 USA review (81 References) the mechanisms of endometriosis.

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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

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