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Dietary Fat and Cholesterol and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults: The Health ABC Study

Avid consumption of eggs and other cholesterol-containing foods may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in elderly men and women.

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  • 2011
  • D K Houston , J Ding, J S Lee, M Garcia, A M Kanaya, F A Tylavsky, A B Newman, M Visser, S B Kritchevsky, Health ABC Study
  • Sticht Center on Aging, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA. dhouston@wfubmc.edu
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Is There an Effect of Cannabis Consumption on Acute Pancreatitis?

A marked increase in the risk of acute pancreatitis is associated with the use of cannabis.

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  • 2018
  • C Roberto Simons-Linares, Jodie A Barkin, Yuchen Wang, Palashkumar Jaiswal, William Trick, Michael J Bartel, Jamie S Barkin
  • Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA. robertosimons@outlook.com. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA. John Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, USA. Section of Gastroenterology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Dietary Flavonoid Intake and the Risk of Digestive Tract Cancers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Indulgence in flavonoid-rich foods may help ward off gastric (stomach) cancer.

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  • 2016
  • Yacong Bo, Jinfeng Sun, Mengmeng Wang, Jizhe Ding , Quanjun Lu , Ling Yuan
  • Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Zhengzhou, Henan, China. Department of Social Medicine and Health Service Management, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, PR China. Department of radiotherapy, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Tumor Hospital, 450003 Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
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The Protective Effect of Dietary Phytosterols on Cancer Risk: A Systematic Meta-Analysis

Frequent eating of foods high in phytosterols may protect individuals against cancer.

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  • 2019
  • Lu Jiang, Xin Zhao, Jun Xu, Chujun Li, Yue Yu, Wei Wang, Lingjun Zhu
  • Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. Department of Plastic and Burns Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. Department of Oncology, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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Vegetables, Fruits, and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Case-Control Study From Uruguay

Following a diet high in fruits and vegetables may help safeguard our colon and rectum from becoming cancerous.

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  • 1996
  • H Deneo-Pellegrini, E De Stefani, A Ronco
  • Registro Nacional de Cancer, Instituto Nacional de Oncologia, Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Raw Garlic Consumption and Risk of Liver Cancer: A Population-Based Case-Control Study in Eastern China

Eating raw garlic regularly may help curtail the development of liver cancer.

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  • 2019
  • Xing Liu, Aileen Baecker, Ming Wu, Jin-Yi Zhou, Jie Yang, Ren-Qiang Han, Pei-Hua Wang, Ai-Min Liu, Xiaoping Gu, Xiao-Feng Zhang, Xu-Shan Wang, Ming Su, Xu Hu, Zheng Sun, Gang Li, Zi-Yi Jin, Su Yon Jung, Lina Mu, Na He, Qing-Yi Lu, Liming Li, Jin-Kou Zhao 4, Zuo-Feng Zhang
  • Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), CA 90095, USA. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing 210009, China. Dafeng Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Dafeng 224100, China. Ganyu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ganyu 222003, China. Chuzhou County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chuzhou 223001, China. Tongshan County Center for Disease control and Prevention, Tongshan 221006, China. Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. School of Nursing, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA. Center for Human Nutrition, Department of Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China. Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), CA 90095, USA. zfzhang@ucla.edu. Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. zfzhang@ucla.edu.
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Intake of Fruits, Vegetables, and Soy Foods in Relation to Breast Cancer Risk in Korean Women: A Case-Control Study

Adopting a diet rich in grapes, tomatoes, and soybeans may decrease a woman's chances of acquiring breast cancer.

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  • 2007
  • Min Hee Do, Sang Sun Lee, Pa Jong Jung, Min Hyuk Lee
  • Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
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Nonlinear Reduction in Risk for Colorectal Cancer by Fruit and Vegetable Intake Based on Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies

Colorectal cancer is less likely to occur among generous consumers of fruits and vegetables.

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  • 2011
  • Dagfinn Aune, Rosa Lau, Doris S M Chan, Rui Vieira, Darren C Greenwood, Ellen Kampman, Teresa Norat
  • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK. d.aune@imperial.ac.uk
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Antidepressant Use in the Elderly Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Dementia

Antidepressant use may boost the risk of dementia in older men and women.

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  • 2016
  • Chenkun Wang, Sujuan Gao, Hugh C Hendrie, Joe Kesterson, Noll L Campbell, Anantha Shekhar, Christopher M Callahan
  • Departments of Biostatistics and Psychiatry Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine. (2) Richard M. Fairbank School of Public Health, Indiana University (3) Regenstrief Institute Inc.‡Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis (4) Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University School of Pharmacy, West Lafayette, IN.
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Flavonoid and Lignan Intake in Relation to Bladder Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Study

Following a diet that encouraged the consumption of foods high in flavonols and lignans may decrease bladder cancer risk. 

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  • 2014
  • R Zamora-Ros, C Sacerdote, F Ricceri, E Weiderpass, N Roswall, G Buckland, D E St-Jules, K Overvad, C Kyrø, G Fagherazzi, M Kvaskoff, G Severi, J Chang-Claude, R Kaaks, U Nöthlings, A Trichopoulou, A Naska, D Trichopoulos, D Palli, S Grioni, A Mattiello, R Tumino, I T Gram, D Engeset, J M Huerta, E Molina-Montes, M Argüelles, P Amiano, E Ardanaz, U Ericson, B Lindkvist, L M Nilsson, L A Kiemeney, M Ros, H B Bueno-de-Mesquita, P H M Peeters, K-T Khaw, N J Wareham, V Knaze, I Romieu, A Scalbert, P Brennan, P Wark, P Vineis, E Riboli, C A González
  • Unit of Nutrition, Environment and Cancer, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain [2] Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France. Center for Cancer Prevention (CPO-Piemonte), and Human Genetic Foundation (HuGeF), Torino, Italy. 1] Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway [2] Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway [3] Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden [4] Samfundet Folkhälsan, Helsinki, Finland. Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark. Unit of Nutrition, Environment and Cancer, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain. Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Department of Public Health, Section for Epidemiology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. 1] Inserm, Centre for research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), U1018, Nutrition, Hormones and Women's Health team, Villejuif, France [2] Paris South University, UMRS 1018, Villejuif, France [3] IGR, F-94805, Villejuif, France. 1] Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [2] Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic, and Analytic Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany. Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Nutritional Epidemiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. 1] Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece [2] Bureau of Epidemiologic Research, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece. Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece. 1] Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece [2] Bureau of Epidemiologic Research, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece [3] Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute-ISPO, Florence, Italy. Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia, Federico II University, Naples, Italy. Cancer Registry and Histopathology Unit, 'Civic MP Arezzo' Hospital, ASP Ragusa, Italy. Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway. 1] Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Council, Murcia, Spain [2] CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain. 1] CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain [2] Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain. Public Health Directorate, Asturias, Spain. 1] CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain [2] Public Health Department of Gipuzkoa, BioDonostia Research Institute, Health Department of Basque Region, San Sebastián, Spain. 1] CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain [2] Public Health Institute of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Diabetes and Cardiovascular disease, Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden. Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. 1] Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden [2] Arcum, Arctic Research Centre at Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. Department for Health Evidence and Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. 1] National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands [2] Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and HTA, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. 1] National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands [2] Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands [3] School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK. School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK [2] Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge University, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, UK. Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France. Genetic Epidemiology Group, Section of Genetics, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France. School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK.
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Dietary Flavonoid and Lignan Intake and Gastric Adenocarcinoma Risk in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Study

Fondness for foods packed with flavonoids may shield women from gastric (stomach) cancer.

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  • 2012
  • Raul Zamora-Ros , Antonio Agudo, Leila Luján-Barroso, Isabelle Romieu, Pietro Ferrari, Viktoria Knaze, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Max Leenders, Ruth C Travis, Carmen Navarro, Emilio Sánchez-Cantalejo, Nadia Slimani, Augustin Scalbert, Veronika Fedirko, Anette Hjartåker, Dagrun Engeset, Guri Skeie, Heiner Boeing, Jana Förster, Kuanrong Li, Birgit Teucher, Claudia Agnoli, Rosario Tumino, Amalia Mattiello, Calogero Saieva, Ingegerd Johansson, Roger Stenling, Maria Luisa Redondo, Peter Wallström, Ulrika Ericson, Kay-Tee Khaw, Angela A Mulligan, Antonia Trichopoulou, Vardis Dilis, Michael Katsoulis, Petra H M Peeters, Lazslo Igali, Anne Tjønneland, Jytte Halkjær, Marina Touillaud, Florence Perquier, Guy Fagherazzi, Pilar Amiano, Eva Ardanaz, Lea Bredsdorff, Kim Overvad, Fulvio Ricceri, Elio Riboli, Carlos A González
  • Unit of Nutrition, Environment, and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Programme, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain. rzamora@iconcologia.net
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Influence of Alcohol and Red Meat Consumption on Life Expectancy: Results of 164 Countries From 1992 to 2013

Increased frequency of consumption of alcohol and red meat may result in reduced life expectancy in high-income and upper-middle-income countries.

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  • 2020
  • Chhabi Lal Ranabhat, Myung-Bae Park, Chun-Bae Kim
  • Department of Gerontology Health and Welfare, Pai Chai University, Seo-gu, Daejeon 35345, Korea. Policy Research Institute, Sanogaucharan, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal. Global Centre for Research and Development (GCRD), Kathmandu 44600, Nepal. Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development, Yonsei University, 1 Yonseidae-Gil, Wonju-City 26493, Gangwon-Do, Korea. Department of Preventive Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, 20 Ilsan-ro Wonju-City 26426, Gandwon-do, Korea. Hongcheon-County Hypertension and Diabetes Registration and Education Center, 5 Sinjangdae-ro Hongcheon-Gun 25135, Gandwon-do, Korea.
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