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Epidemiology of soy exposures and breast cancer risk.

​Low incidence of breast cancer is associated with regions where high amounts of soy foods are consumed.

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Isoflavone consumption and risk of breast cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis of observational studies.

​High dietary ingestion of isoflavones may significantly reduce breast cancer risk.

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Dietary Fiber Is Beneficial for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: An Umbrella Review of Meta-analyses.

​A high-fiber diet may reduce an individual's risk of developing and dying from stroke, heart disease, and cardiovascular disorders.

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β-Cryptoxanthin and the risk for lifestyle-related disease: findings from recent nutritional epidemiologic studies.

​A diet high in β-cryptoxanthin may help ward off metabolic syndrome, liver dysfunction, insulin resistance, oxidative stress, low bone mass, and atherosclerosis.

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Alcohol consumption increases the risk of fatal breast cancer (United States).

​Alcohol consumption may increase the odds of dying from breast cancer in post-menopausal women.

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  • 2001
  • Feigelson HS, Calle EE, Robertson AS, Wingo PA, Thun MJ.
  • American Cancer Society, National Home Office, Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance Research, Atlanta, GA 30329-4251, USA.
  • 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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Effects of garlic on blood pressure in patients with and without systolic hypertension: a meta-analysis.

​Increased dietary intake of garlic may be beneficial in reducing the blood pressure of individuals suffering from systolic hypertension.

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Alcohol consumption and risk for hypertension in middle-aged Japanese men.

​A surge in hypertension risk appears to be related with alcohol consumption in middle-aged men.

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  • 2001
  • Nakanishi N, Yoshida H, Nakamura K, Suzuki K, Tatara K.
  • Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Course of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine F2, Japan. noriyuki@pbhel.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
  • 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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Effect of soy isoflavones on circulating C-reactive protein in postmenopausal women: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

​Consistent consumption of soy isoflavones is associated with a decline in plasma concentrations of C-reactive protein in postmenopausal women.

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  • 2011
  • Dong JY, Wang P, He K, Qin LQ.
  • Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Radiation Medicine and Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
  • 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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Meta-analysis on the relationship between alcohol consumption and lung cancer risk.

​Regular consumers of alcohol may be highly vulnerable to lung cancer.

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  • 2009
  • Fan L, Cai L.
  • School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350004, China. congcong82421@163.com
  • 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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Healthy Plant Foods Intake Could Protect Against Prostate Cancer Risk: A Case-Control Study.

​Adhering to a diet high in healthy plant foods, such as fruits and vegetables, may help prevent the development of prostate cancer.

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Alcohol intake and future incidence of hypertension in a general Japanese population: the Hisayama study.

Light, moderate, and heavy alcohol consumers may have a higher tendency to suffer from hypertension than non-consumers of alcoholic beverages.

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Alcohol Intake and Risk of Incident Melanoma: A Pooled Analysis of Three Prospective Studies in the United States.

​Regular drinking of alcoholic beverages may facilitate the development of melanoma, particularly in areas of the body protected from ultraviolet rays.

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  • 2016
  • Rivera A, Nan H, Li T, Qureshi A, Cho E.
  • Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Epidemiology, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana. Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Dermatology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. eunyoung_cho@brown.edu.
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