CAM for menopause
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Previous use of complementary and alternative medicine therapies is "most consistent predictor of subsequent use" of CAM during menopause, according to NCCAM-sponsored study published in November American Journal of Public Health. Researchers Yali Bair, UC-Davis, et al., expected to find CAM use would be catalyzed by physical, mental symptoms commonly associated with menopause. However, results indicated "women were already using these therapies and...at the point in midlife at which they were surveyed, symptom relief was not a primary reason for CAM use." Almost half of study participants used at least one CAM therapy during the first year of study...