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Article: Pine bark reduces perimenopausal symptoms.(SUPPLIERS CORNER)(Clinical report)
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- Nutraceuticals World
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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A study in the Scandinavian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology reveals that Pycnogenol, a pine bark extract from the French maritime pine tree distributed by Natural Health Science Inc. (NHS), reduces "climacteric symptoms" such as hot flashes, depression, panic attacks, cholesterol and other common symptoms associated with women entering menopause transition. The results suggest Pycnogenol may serve as an alternative treatment to estrogen replacement therapy, which is the most common remedy of pre-menopause ("perimenopausal") symptoms.
The randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study was conducted at Ham-Ming Hospital in Taiwan with 155 perimenopausal ...