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Regular consumption of raw carrots is associated with a significant, dose-dependent reduction in lung cancer incidence, suggesting a potential cancer-protective effect attributed to polyacetylenic compounds, particularly falcarinol and falcarindiol, present in raw carrots.
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Carrot and carotene consumption could diminish the risk of a wide range of negative health consequences, including multiple types of cancer.
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The literature overall supports an inverse association between green tea and cardiovascular disease-related health outcomes, while the included meta-analyses generally suggested an inverse association between green tea and BMI-related and blood pressure outcomes.
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Pomegranate juice increases the effectiveness of lung cancer treatment with the low dose chemotherapy drug Cisplatin, while simultaneously reducing its toxicity on normal cells.
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Higher carrot consumption is associated with a lower risk of developing lung cancer, particularly adenocarcinoma.
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The Jianpi Antai formula can safely enhance embryo implantation, decrease the embryo miscarriage rate, and increase the live birth rate in infertile women undergoing in-vitro fertilization.
2024 Journal of Zhejiang University (Medical Sciences) Chinese medicine Jianpi Antai formula improves pregnancy outcomes of
Shen Que moxibustion treatment can improve reproductive outcomes in women with unexpected poor ovarian response who meet specific criteria.
2024 Journal of Ovarian Research Efficacy and safety of Shen Que (RN8) moxibustion on reproductive outcomes in unexpected poor ovarian responders: a randomized controlled trial
The administration of Zishen Yutai Pill in women undergoing frozen embryo transfer may help increase live birth rates, particularly in women with a miscarriage history or of advanced age.
2024 Phytomedicine Effects of the Zishen Yutai Pill on live births compared with placebo among infertile women with frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycle: A multicentre double-blind randomized controlled trial
Combined traditional Chinese medicine therapies show significantly better efficacy in treating infertility linked with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome than individual techniques or western medicines.
2024 Medicine Combined traditional Chinese medicine therapy for the treatment of infertility with polycystic ovary syndrome: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Acupuncture and moxibustion therapies, focusing on specific acupoints in the abdomen and lower back, provide a promising treatment approach for diminished ovarian reserve and premature ovarian failure.
2024 Medicine The correlation of acupuncture and moxibustion points for the treatment of diminished ovarian reserve and premature ovarian failure: A systematic review based on complex network
Acupuncture-related therapies are more effective than hormone therapy in relieving anxiety and depression symptoms in women with decreased ovarian function.
2024 Frontiers in Psychiatry Acupuncture and related therapies for anxiety and depression in patients with premature ovarian insufficiency and diminished ovarian reserve: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Acupuncture significantly enhances the rate and quality of embryos in patients with poor ovarian response undergoing controlled ovarian stimulation.
2025 African Journal of Reproductive Health Randomized clinical trial of acupuncture in patients with poor ovarian response
Auricular acupressure may reduce negative psychological indications such as depression and anxiety in women undergoing the controlled ovarian hyperstimulation phase of in vitro fertilization.
2025 The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine The Effect of Auricular Acupressure on Women Psychological Distress during Controlled Ovarian Hyperstimulation for in vitro Fertilization: A Single-Blind, Randomized, and Sham-Controlled Study
High expectancy of acupuncture is linked to a shorter time to ovulation and more chances of ovulation in infertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
2025 Acupuncture in Medicine High acupuncture expectancy is associated with shorter time to ovulation and higher chances of ovulation in infertile patients with PCOS receiving acupuncture: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
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The first research article I've ever come across that discusses the benefits of non-alcoholic beer during pregnancy. Further research and caution is advised here.
—Jinnan C 9 Nov 2025
2022 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture The melatonin contained in beer can provide health benefits, due to its antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties
Page cannot be found...
—Rachael L 3 Oct 2024
2018 Advances in Food Technology and Nutritional Sciences - Open Journal Blueberry Polyphenols and Their Effects on Bone and Joint
Cannot find the article with the link provided -- Rach...
—Rachael L 6 Aug 2024
2018 Nursing and Midwifery Studies The effects of inhalation aromatherapy with Boswellia carterii essential oil on the intensity of labor pain among nulliparous women
Zhangyanming Tablets (ZYMT) has been in clinical use for almost 4 decades. The main components of this medicine include Fructus Lycii (wolfberry), Radix Codonopsis, Radix Astragali, Radix Puerariae Lobatae, Radix...
—Jinnan C 25 Apr 2024
2023 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy Protective effect of ZYMT, a traditional Chinese patent medicine in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa
Need observational study tag
—Adrian Y 19 Mar 2024
2019 Medical Acupuncture An Observational Study on Acupuncture for Earthquake-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Experience of the Lombard Association of Medical Acupuncturists/Acupuncture in the World, in Amatrice, Central Italy
The relative risk reduction for those taking statins compared with those who did not was 9% for deaths, 29% for heart attacks and 14% for strokes. Yet the absolute risk...
—Jinnan C 26 Feb 2024
2022 JAMA Internal Medicine Evaluating the Association Between Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Reduction and Relative and Absolute Effects of Statin Treatment
The ability to produce it is not present in over half of the human population due to the absence of specific equol-producing bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract.
—Jinnan C 22 Jan 2024
2022 Nutrients Maximizing the Estrogenic Potential of Soy Isoflavones through the Gut Microbiome: Implication for Cardiometabolic Health in Postmenopausal Women
Case study?
—Adrian Y 16 Jan 2024
2016 Agriculture & Food Security The humble sardine (small pelagics): fish as food or fodder
No abstract?
—Adrian Y 16 Jan 2024
2021 Circulation Effects of Walnut Consumption for 2 Years on Lipoprotein Subclasses Among Healthy Elders