Do Alternative Therapies Treat Menopause Symptoms?
Turning to complementary and alternative therapies to treat hot flashes, night sweats and other symptoms of menopause may waste your time. Doctors at Oregon Health and Science University say they cannot find evidence the therapies relieve menopausal symptoms, which will affect 25 million women during the next 10 years. “Because many women are using alternative and complementary therapies to treat their symptoms, often without telling their physicians, additional rigorous studies are needed to identify which of these treatments are safe and effective,” the researchers say.
