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The effect of digital health interventions in older adults with frailty: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Digital health interventions, particularly when combined with exercise, significantly improved frailty status, grip stre…

International journal of n…Read More →
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Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for IgA vasculitis abdominal pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

This is a protocol for a future systematic review that will evaluate whether acupuncture can effectively and safely trea…

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The effect of Su Jok therapy on dysmenorrhea: A randomized placebo controlled study.

Both genuine Su Jok therapy and sham-point application significantly reduced dysmenorrhea pain, with no statistically si…

African journal of reprodu…Read More →
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Transcriptomic analysis reveals the regulatory role of LIPE in lipid metabolism and tumor-associated macrophage polarization in breast cancer.

LIPE overexpression in breast cancer cells inhibits tumor growth by normalizing lipid metabolism and shifting tumor-asso…

Pathology, research and pr…Read More →
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Global burden and forecast of acute viral hepatitis B among women of childbearing age: a systematic analysis of the global burden of disease study 2021.

Global age-standardized rates of acute hepatitis B incidence, prevalence, mortality, and disability among women of child…

BMC infectious diseasesRead More →
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Ticagrelor with aspirin dual antiplatelet therapy combined with intravenous thrombolysis in patients with ischaemic stroke in China (TAPIS): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial.

Early dual antiplatelet therapy initiated within 6 hours of moderate ischaemic stroke onset, combined with intravenous t…

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Nonsurgical Therapies for Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Network Meta-Analysis.

Acupuncture demonstrated consistent and significant efficacy across all outcome measures in spastic cerebral palsy, incl…

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Effectiveness of acupuncture combined with donepezil for Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Acupuncture combined with donepezil showed 35% greater clinical efficacy than donepezil alone for Alzheimer's disease, w…

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Meditation for subjective cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Meditation significantly improved global cognitive performance by 2.22 points on the MMSE scale in older adults with cog…

Frontiers in public healthRead More →
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Effect of press needle stimulation on postoperative pulmonary complications in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery patients: a randomized controlled trial.

Press needle acupoint stimulation significantly reduced the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications and impro…

Annals of medicineRead More →
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The genetic association of miR-34a-5p rs72631823 with the susceptibility to obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome.

The rs72631823 AA genotype was associated with a three-fold increased risk of obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome and ex…

BMC women's healthRead More →
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The efficacy of acupuncture-based chinese medicine in chronic fatigue syndrome: A meta-analysis.

Acupuncture significantly reduced both short-term and long-term fatigue in chronic fatigue syndrome patients, with the s…

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