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Dietary fibres and ovarian cancer risk.

​Habitual intake of fiber-rich foods, especially vegetables, may help prevent the onset of ovarian cancer.

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The Link Between Cigarette Smoking and Erectile Dysfunction: A Systematic Review.

​Cigarette smokers may have a high predisposition to suffer from erectile dysfunction.

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  • 2015
  • Verze P, Margreiter M, Esposito K, Montorsi P, Mulhall J.
  • Department of Urology, University Federico II of Naples, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: pverze@gmail.com. Department of Urology, Medical University Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria. Department of Geriatrics and Metabolic Diseases, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy. Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy. Division of Urology, Sexual and Reproductive Medicine Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
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Fiber intake and the risk of oral, pharyngeal and esophageal cancer.

​Generous intake of fiber-rich foods may reduce the risk of developing oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal cancer.

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Case-control study on beneficial effect of regular consumption of apples on colorectal cancer risk in a population with relatively low intake of fruits and vegetables.

​Frequent consumption of apples may help to ward off colorectal cancer.

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Raw Garlic Consumption and Lung Cancer in a Chinese Population.

​Habitual intake of raw garlic may help thwart the development of cancerous cells and tumors in the lungs.

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  • 2016
  • Myneni AA, Chang SC, Niu R, Liu L, Swanson MK, Li J, Su J, Giovino GA, Yu S, Zhang ZF, Mu L.
  • Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, The State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California. Shanxi Tumor Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. Taiyuan City Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China. School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, The State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, The State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. linamu@buffalo.edu.
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Raw garlic consumption as a protective factor for lung cancer, a population-based case-control study in a Chinese population.

​Adequate intake of raw garlic may guard against the development of lung cancer.

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Fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of depression: accumulative evidence from an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies.

​The odds of avoiding depression may be stacked in favor of high consumers of fruits and vegetables.

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  • 2018
  • Saghafian F, Malmir H, Saneei P, Milajerdi A, Larijani B, Esmaillzadeh A.
  • Students' Scientific Research Center,Tehran University of Medical Sciences,PO Box 1417755331, Tehran,Iran. Department of Community Nutrition,School of Nutrition and Food Science,Food Security Research Center,Isfahan University of Medical Sciences,PO Box 8174673461, Isfahan,Iran. Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center,Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute,Tehran University of Medical Sciences,PO Box 1414413137, Tehran,Iran. Department of Community Nutrition,School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics,Tehran University of Medical Sciences,PO Box 141556117, Tehran,Iran.
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Smoking and Risk of Erectile Dysfunction: Systematic Review of Observational Studies with Meta-Analysis.

​Cigarette smoking may heighten the risk of erectile dysfunction.

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An apple a day may hold colorectal cancer at bay: recent evidence from a case-control study.

​Consuming generous servings of apple daily may improve an individual's chances of preventing colorectal cancer

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  • 2009
  • Jedrychowski W, Maugeri U.
  • Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. myjedryc@cyf-kr.edu.pl
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Cigarette smoking and erectile dysfunction among Chinese men without clinical vascular disease.

​Erectile dysfunction may occur with greater incidence in smokers than in never smokers.

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Citrus fruits intake and oral cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

​A significant reduction in oral and pharyngeal cancer risk is associated with high consumption of citrus fruits.

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  • 2018
  • Cirmi S, Navarra M, Woodside JV, Cantwell MM
  • Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy; Prof. Antonio Imbesi Foundation, Messina, Italy. Electronic address: scirmi@unime.it. Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. Electronic address: mnavarra@unime.it. Nutrition and Metabolism Group, Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Electronic address: j.woodside@qub.ac.uk. Nutrition and Metabolism Group, Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Electronic address: m.cantwell@qub.ac.uk.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Developing COPD: a 25 year follow up study of the general population.

​Cigarette smokers are more likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than non-smokers.

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