concerns about the safety of black cohosh

August 2003

Headlines are raising concerns about the safety of black cohosh.

New preliminary research suggests that ANIMALS that get black cohosh and eventually get cancer have more aggressive tumours.

This is eyebrow-raising, but preliminary.

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