Herb for hot flashes?

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Black cohosh linked to more aggressive forms of cancer.

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Black cohosh linked to more aggressive forms of disease

WASHINGTON, June 13-Black cohosh, a herb popular for relieving the hot flashes and some other unpleasant symptoms of menopause, may make cancer more likely to spread, U.S. and Canadian researchers said.

Can anything NOT cause cancer?

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I suppose if the FDA proved that "breathing" caused cancer, would we all stop breathing? :rotfl:

I say live and live and live until the deathcoach stops for ya! ;)

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I guess I have been lucky. I was one of those who prayed for and welcomed menopause. (endometriosis, and fibroids)

It was kind of funny. I did not get hot flashes until AFTER my periods stopped completely. They started the month after I had my last one. They lasted nor more than 12 months.

My philosophy was. Yes, I am having a hot flash. In 5-8 minutes I will have forgotten about it all together. They passed that quickly. Maybe they last longer for other. I hope not. They were harmless and a minor annoyance. The night sweats were kind of weird but again harmless. I guess after the pain, nausia, etc that I had experienced over the years with my periods I saw this as trivial. Or maybe I was spared something.

I remember hearing some of my fellow students in nursing school theorize that if you had hard periods you had a hard menopause, until I told them about mine.

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I wouldn't mind the night sweats so much if they wouldn't wake me UP. Maybe I should just get on a sleeper...LOL!

I have fibroids too so, so yes, I am definitely looking forward to menopause...I am 'pre' now and hangin' in there...hehe! :)

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