Healthnewsreviews: Mixed message on antidepressant for hot flashes

Mixed message on antidepressant for hot flashes

Hot flash remedies: Estrogen may be the best answer - Health News Review

Hot flash remedies: Estrogen may be the best answer

Reviewed by Christine Norton, MA; Karen Carlson, MD; and Gary Schwitzer

My Healthy Today: Menopause Study: Flaxseed doesn't reduce women's hot flashes

Dr. Mark Kris, a cancer specialist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, said the flaxseed results are disappointing
"There were so many testimonials that we thought flaxseed was going to work, but a testimonial is not a rigorous clinical trial result, and that's what our patients deserve," he said.
"Even natural products do have side effects," so it's important to test them in studies such as this one, he said.

Study finds non-hormonal therapies can relieve hot flashes in women with breast cancer

Note:
per the media headline, this was not actually a 'study' but a Cochrane Collaboration review of pertinent studies, the Cochrane Collaboration does not perform studies but conducts reviews