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Association Between Alcohol and Breast Cancer Risk: Evidence From the Combined Analysis of Six Dietary Case-Control Studies

High consumption of alcohol may increase a woman's chances of developing breast cancer.

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  • 1991
  • G Howe, T Rohan, A Decarli, J Iscovich, J Kaldor, K Katsouyanni, E Marubini, A Miller, E Riboli, P Toniolo
  • Epidemiology Unit, National Cancer Institute of Canada, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
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Dietary Fat and Breast Cancer Risk Revisited: A Meta-Analysis of the Published Literature.

Indulgence in fatty foods may drive up breast cancer risk.

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A Vegan Regimen With Reduced Medication in the Treatment of Hypertension.

Going vegan may not only help normalize the blood pressure of patients with hypertension but also minimize their needs for medication.

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Light to Moderate Amount of Lifetime Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Cancer in Japan

Light and moderate intake of alcohol may increase the risk of different types of cancer, including prostate, breast, gastrointestinal, and aerodigestive cancers.

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  • 2019
  • Masayoshi Zaitsu , Takumi Takeuchi , Yasuki Kobayashi , Ichiro Kawachi
  • Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Urology, Kanto Rosai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan.
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
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Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease.

Avid consumption of fruits and vegetables may help to lower the amount of low density lipoprotein (LDL) and total cholesterol circulating in the blood and improve cardiovascular disease risk profile.

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  • 2009
  • Parvin Mirmiran, Nazanin Noori, Maryam Beheshti Zavareh, Fereidoun Azizi
  • Obesity Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University (M.C.), PO Box: 19395-4763 Tehran, Iran.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
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Dietary Mushroom Intake and the Risk of Breast Cancer Based on Hormone Receptor Status

Adequate intake of mushroom may help guard against the occurrence breast cancer in premenopausal women.

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  • 2010
  • Aesun Shin, Jeongseon Kim, Sun-Young Lim, Gaeul Kim, Mi-Kyung Sung, Eun-Sook Lee, Jungsil Ro
  • National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 410-769, Republic of Korea.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
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Association of zolpidem use and subsequent increased risk of epilepsy: a population-based, case-control study.

Frequent popping of the sleeping pill zolpidem may put an individual on the path to suffering from epilepsy.

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  • 2014
  • Harnod T, Wang YC, Sung FC, Kao CH.
  • Department of Neurosurgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital and College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien Taiwan.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
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Breast Cancer and Dietary Fat Intake: A Correlational Study.

The odds of developing breast cancer may be high among habitual consumers of fatty foods.

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  • 2019
  • Preetha J Shetty, Jayadevan Sreedharan
  • Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates. Professor, Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
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Association Between Zolpidem Use and Glaucoma Risk: A Taiwanese Population-Based Case-Control Study.

Regular intake of the sleeping pill zolpidem may boost an individual's chances of receiving a diagnosis of glaucoma.

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Alcohol Consumption and Epithelial Cancer Risk in the EPIC-Italy Cohort

Long-term consumers of alcohol may have a high tendency to develop epithelial cancer.

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  • 2015
  • Calogero Saieva , Saverio Caini , Marco Ceroti , Francesca Fasanelli , Fulvio Ricceri , Claudia Agnoli , Sara Grioni , Amalia Mattiello , Maria Santucci de Magistris , Rosario Tumino , Caterina Martorana , Giovanna Masala
  • SC epidemiologia molecolare e nutrizionale, Istituto per lo studio e prevenzione oncologica (ISPO), Firenze. Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Torino. Unità di epidemiologia dei tumori, Città della salute e della scienza, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria e Centro per la prevenzione oncologica (CPO) del Piemonte, Torino. SC di epidemiologia e prevenzione, Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto nazionale dei tumori, Milano. Dipartimento di medicina clinica e chirurgia, Università Federico II, Napoli. Registro dei tumori, Dipartimento di prevenzione medica, Azienda sanitaria provinciale (ASP) Ragusa. SC epidemiologia molecolare e nutrizionale, Istituto per lo studio e prevenzione oncologica (ISPO), Firenze. g.masala@ispo.toscana.it.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
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Dietary fiber intake and pancreatic cancer risk: a meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies

Eating generous portions of fiber-rich foods may help shield an individual from pancreatic cancer.

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Alcohol Consumption, Type of Alcoholic Beverage and Risk of Colorectal Cancer at Specific Subsites

Habitual consumption of 3 or more drinks per day may spur the development of colorectal cancer.

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  • 2008
  • Brenda W C Bongaerts , Piet A van den Brandt, R Alexandra Goldbohm, Anton F P M de Goeij, Matty P Weijenberg
  • Department of Epidemiology, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands. brenda.bongaerts@epid.unimaas.nl
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
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