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There's new and natural hope for the 70 to 85 percent of women who experience morning sickness during pregnancy. The effect of acupuncture on 593 women who were all less than 14 weeks pregnant has been evaluated at Australia's Adelaide University, with this result: Acupuncture was found to be "an effective non-pharmacological treatment option" for those who experience nausea and other pregnancy-related discomfort, says obstetrics researcher Caroline Smith.

Reported in the March 2002 issue of the journal Birth, the study found that acupuncture administered five times during the four-week study made the women feel better--without adverse side effects.

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