Can an ingredient in beer help relieve symptoms of menopause? Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago will get $1 million a year for five years from the National Institutes of Health to find out. UIC is one of five research centers nationwide awarded federal grants for research that will include studying hops—an ingredient in beer—for relief of menopause symptoms and chaste berry to relieve premenstrual symptoms.

—Suntimes.com, 4/12/05