الجمعة، 13 يونيو 2014

Pregnant women using alternative therapies urged to tell their doctors

Natural not always safe, warn experts, as study shows 90% of pregnant Australian women use complementary treatments


Doctors are urging pregnant Australian women to tell them about their use of complementary and alternative therapies after a new study found 90% are using such treatments, often on the advice of their friends and families.


Using data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Womens Health pregnancy sub-survey of more than 1,800 women, researchers found almost half consulted a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioner and almost 90% used a CAM product during pregnancy. More than 40% were influenced to do so by family and friends, while about half were influenced by their own use of CAM in the past.


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from Pregnancy | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1lntG5R

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