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 NEW YORK (AP) - A popular herbal pill used by millions of men doesn't reduce the frequent urge to go to the bathroom or other annoying symptoms of an enlarged prostate, a rigorous new study concludes.
The yearlong research found the plant extract, saw palmetto, was no more effective than dummy capsules in easing symptoms for the 225 men in the study. The results contrast with previous research that showed it helped.
"This certainly sheds some doubt on whether the product's effective and suggests that it might not work," said the lead researcher, Dr. Stephen Bent, of the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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