Alan Bensoussan

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus

review 2014

Acupuncture and women's health: an overview of the role of acupuncture and its clinical management in women's reproductive health

International journal of women's health ·doi:10.2147/ijwh.s38969

BACKGROUND: Acupuncture and other modalities of Chinese/East Asian medicine have been used to treat women's health for many centuries. Gynecology specialties focus particularly on menstrual and reproductive disorders. Both the adoption of t…

review 2014

Herbal medicine for the management of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and associated oligo/amenorrhoea and hyperandrogenism; a review of the laboratory evidence for effects with corroborative clinical findings

BMC complementary and alternative medicine ·doi:10.1186/1472-6882-14-511

BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a prevalent, complex endocrine disorder characterised by polycystic ovaries, chronic anovulation and hyperandrogenism leading to symptoms of irregular menstrual cycles, hirsutism, acne and inf…