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Article: Analysis: Study results show using echinacea to treat the common cold does not work
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- July 27, 2005
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MICHELE NORRIS
All Things Considered (NPR)
07-27-2005
Analysis: Study results show using echinacea to treat the common cold does not work
Host: MICHELE NORRIS
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM
MICHELE NORRIS, host:
If cleaning out the medicine cabinet is on your to-do list this summer, some scientists have a suggestion: Toss out the echinacea. Researchers at the University of Virginia say the herbal remedy used to treat the common cold doesn't work. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports.
ALLISON AUBREY reporting:
There's no shortage of research on the herbal remedy echinacea. Extracts of the purple flower have been studied at least 200 times in the last 50 years. Some of the most rigorous studies show the ...
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