A specialist in kidney disease with a keen interest in non-traditional therapies has been named as the new head of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Josephine Briggs says she grew interested in alternative therapies while overseeing grants at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, where she launched studies on whether cranberry juice helps prevent urinary-tract infections and oh the effects of saw palmetto in men with enlarged prostate glands.
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机译：对非传统疗法怀有浓厚兴趣的肾脏疾病专家已被任命为马里兰州贝塞斯达国家补充与替代医学中心的新负责人。约瑟芬·布里格斯（Josephine Briggs）说，她在美国国立糖尿病与消化与肾脏疾病研究所（National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney and Diseases）监督拨款的同时，对替代疗法越来越感兴趣，在那里她开展了关于蔓越莓汁是否有助于预防尿路感染的研究，以及锯棕榈对男性前列腺肥大的影响腺体。
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