Saw palmetto no better than placebo in men with BPH

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Saw palmetto, a fruit extract some men take to relieve the symptoms of an enlarged prostate, is no more effective than a sugar pill, according to the latest review of research on the herbal remedy. “Many different preparations (of saw palmetto) have been looked at without convincing evidence that one is better than another,” said Dr. Timothy Wilt, senior author of the study and a researcher at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. “I believe we should move on and look elsewhere” for effective treatments. More than 1.6 million U.S. …