Black cohosh doesn't work for breast cancer patients
　　FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthScoutNews) -- A well-known herbal remedy for menopause doesn't work for breast cancer survivors, a new study shows.
　　Columbia University researchers found that breast cancer survivors who took black cohosh pills got only as much relief from hot flashes as those who took a placebo. However, they add, the traditional Native American remedy won't hurt you.

"I would feel comfortable if a woman said she took this stuff and it made her feel better," says Dr. Victor R. Grann, a co-investigator on the study, which appears in this week's issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. "I would have no problem with that, even though I know a placebo would have the same effect."

What really matters, Grann says, is that more scientific studies are done on all alternative remedies: "It's just very important to use the same scientific principles as we do for other medicines."
　　
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