Herbal supplements such as ephedra and kava kava have increasingly been linked to serious illness and death. So why are they still being sold? Apoorva Mandavilli reports.
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Mandavilli, A. News Feature: Natural-born killers. Nat Med 9, 634–635 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0603-634
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