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Milk Thistle, Taken by Many People for Liver Disease, Ineffective as Treatment for Hepatitis C, Study Suggests

ScienceDaily (July 17, 2012) Silymarin or "milk thistle," a popular herbal dietary supplement that many people take for liver ailments, works no better than placebo in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection.
That's the conclusion of a multicenter clinical trial published in the July 18, 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

http://hcvadvocate.blogspot.ca/2012/07/milk-thistle-taken-by-many-people-for.html

 



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