Sentences with phrase «potentially protective effects»

Based on their current findings, lactational amenorrhea is still an excellent surrogate measure of the duration and intensity of breastfeeding but most likely is not an important mediator of the potentially protective effect on MS / CIS, the authors wrote.

Previous studies investigating the potentially protective effect of αT supplementation on aspirin - induced damage have produced varied results, which may be explained by the fact that αT consistently fails to attenuate aspirin - induced stomach injury in animals with adequate vitamin E intake, but provides protection to vitamin E (αT)- deficient animals.

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Guidelines around infant feeding and allergy prevention have changed around the world over the last 18 - 24 months, reflecting new evidence that suggests early introduction of potentially allergenic foods may have a protective effect, especially -LSB-...]

Studies examining the role of breast - feeding in the development of allergic disease in infants demonstrate potentially protective as well as neutral or nonprotective effects, likely due to the heterogeneity in their study design.

Ezio Bonifacio, Ph.D., of the DFG Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany and colleagues randomly assigned autoantibody - negative, genetically at - risk children to receive oral insulin at varying doses (n = 15) or placebo (n = 10) once daily for 3 to 18 months to assess whether oral insulin can induce a potentially protective immune response without causing adverse effects.

Excessive aromatization, in addition to its «feminizing» effects, may increase prostate cancer risk since estradiol can be metabolized to estrone, which can then be converted to either protective 2 - hydroxyestrone (2 - OH) or Estriol (E3) OR into potentially pro-carcinogenic 16α - OH estrone.

Meat is devoid of the protective effects of fiber, antioxidants, phytochemicals, and other helpful nutrients, and it contains high concentrations of saturated fat and potentially carcinogenic compounds, which may increase one's risk of developing many different kinds of cancer.

Multiple studies show that the catechin compounds in green tea can have various protective effects on neurons in test tubes and animal models, potentially lowering the risk of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's (28, 29, 30).

We found that moderate activity on gastrointestinal motility could potentially explain the observed protective effect in GDV dogs that spent equal time indoors and outdoors (versus primarily indoors or primarily outdoors) and the likely higher levels of physical activity.

Similar to resilience models, a positive development framework operationalizes protective (i.e., «buffering») factors as those influences that blunt or obviate risk factors and guard people from the potentially negative effects of stress (Yi, Vialiano, Smith, Yi, & Weinger, 2008).