Black cohosh
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Botanical comparable to placebo at reducing number, intensity of hot flashes among breast cancer patients, researchers report in May 15 Journal of Clinical Oncology. Only symptom improved by black cohosh (GlaxoSmithKline's Remifemin) was sweating, Judith Jacobson, Columbia University, et al., state. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involved 85 women over age 18 who had been treated for breast cancer at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Subjects took one tablet twice daily and completed four-day hot flash diaries at baseline and after 30 and 60 days; a subset of participants had follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone measured
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