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Androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer and dementia risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The likelihood of suffering from dementia may be high in prostate cancer patients placed on androgen deprivation therapy.

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  • 2017
  • Nead KT, Sinha S, Nguyen PL.
  • Department of Radiation Oncology, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Association between plant-based dietary patterns and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Type 2 diabetes is less likely to occur in individuals who followed a plant-based diet rich in fruits, vegetables, legumes, and whole grains.

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  • 2019
  • Frank Qian, MPH; Gang Liu, PhD; Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD; Shilpa N. Bhupathiraju, PhD; Qi Sun, MD, ScD
  • Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Alcohol consumption and risk of cataract extraction: a prospective cohort study of women.

Alcohol intake may boost a woman's chances of having cataracts.

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  • 2007
  • Lindblad BE, Håkansson N, Philipson B, Wolk A.
  • Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. birgitta.ejdervik.lindblad@swipnet.se
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
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A dose-response meta-analysis of dietary lutein and zeaxanthin intake in relation to risk of age-related cataract.

Regular intake of foods containing lutein and zeaxanthin may contribute positively to the prevention of cataract formation.

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Dietary vitamin and carotenoid intake and risk of age-related cataract.

Consistent consumption of foods high in some vitamins and carotenoids, including lutein,zeaxanthin, beta-carotene, vitamin A, and C, may help fend off cataracts.

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  • 2019
  • Jiang H, Yin Y, Wu CR, Liu Y, Guo F, Li M, Ma L.
  • School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an, China. The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University College of Medicine, Xi'an, China. Center for Population Health Research, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Ministry of Education of China, Xi'an, China.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
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Cigarette smoking and risk of completed suicide: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

Cigarette smokers may have a high tendency of committing suicide.

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  • 2012
  • Li D, Yang X, Ge Z, Hao Y, Wang Q, Liu F, Gu D, Huang J.
  • State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Evidence Based Medicine, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 167 Beilishi Road, Beijing 100037, China.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
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Smoking and the long-term incidence of cataract: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.

Cigarette smoking may elevate the risk of developing cataracts.

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  • 2008
  • Tan JS, Wang JJ, Younan C, Cumming RG, Rochtchina E, Mitchell P.
  • Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
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Association of statin use with cataracts: a propensity score-matched analysis.

Cataracts are more likely to occur in individuals taking statin drugs.

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  • 2013
  • Leuschen J, Mortensen EM, Frei CR, Mansi EA, Panday V, Mansi I.
  • Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgery Center, San Antonio, Texas2San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas.
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Influence of tobacco use on cataract development.

Habitual use of smokeless tobacco may induce the formation of cataracts.

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Does milk have a cataractogenic effect? Weighing of clinical evidence.

Lovers of milk may be highly vulnerable to acquiring cataracts.

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  • 1989
  • Bhatnagar R, Sharma YR, Vajpayee RB, Madan M, Chhabra VK, Ram N, Mukesh K, Azad RV, Sharma R.
  • Dr. Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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Smoking and its association with cataract: results of the Andhra Pradesh eye disease study from India.

Cigarette smokers may have high risk of developing cataracts.

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Fruit and vegetable intake and bone mass in Chinese adolescents, young and postmenopausal women.

Avid consumption of fruits and vegetables may help improve bone mass in adolescents, young and postmenopausal women.

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  • 2013
  • Li JJ, Huang ZW, Wang RQ, Ma XM, Zhang ZQ, Liu Z, Chen YM, Su YX.
  • Department of Medical Statistics & Epidemiology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, People's Republic of China.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
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