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TODAY'S TREATMENTS More patients today help themselves to over-the-counter aids, from St.-John's-wort to ginkgo biloba and soybean extracts. But herbs, like prescription drugs, can have side effects, and researchers are investigating their efficacy. The popular supplement DHEA, for example, has been linked to an increased risk of cancer...
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...Strain the resulting mixture, the wort, till the sweet liquid is separated from the remaining grains...
...dietary supplements. A six-week trial of ginkgo, touted to enhance memory, found no improvement in memory, learning or concentration among healthy people with no neurological symptoms, compared with a similar group taking placebo capsules. A separate study of colon-cancer patients revealed that St. John's wort, used to fight depression, interferes with the potentially beneficial effects of irinotecan, a widely prescribed chemotherapy drug...
...JOHN'S-WON'T The herbal remedy St.-John's-wort appears to be no more effective than a placebo for the treatment of moderately severe depression, according to an NIH-sponsored clinical trial. But some psychiatrists and advocates of the supplement say the herb may still work for milder forms of the disease...