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ReviewNutrients2024

Empowering Strategies for Lifestyle Interventions, Diet Modifications, and Environmental Practices for Uterine Fibroid Prevention; Unveiling the LIFE UP Awareness.

Somayeh Vafaei, Samar Alkhrait, Qiwei Yang, Mohamed Ali, Ayman Al-Hendy

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In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
14.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Therapeutic Potential of Solanum macrocarpon in Uterine Leiomyoma: In Vivo and In Silico Approaches.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Somayeh VafaeiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0758-2133
Samar AlkhraitDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Qiwei YangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7131-8946
Mohamed AliDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9675-6691
Ayman Al-HendyDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8778-4447
University of Chicago · US

Funding

Training the Trainers: Building Institutional Data Science Capacity to Support Health Disparities ResearchU54MD007602 · NIMHD · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Kevin Sean Kimbro · 2018 to 2026
$47.6M
Pilot Program CoreP30ES027792 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Gokhan M. Mutlu, Gail S Prins · 2017 to 2026
$13.6M
Investigating the effectiveness of COVID-19 testing choices, community engagement, and culturally-embedded mHealth literacy delivery in a medically-underserved, community-based sampleR01ES028615 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI AL-HENDY, AYMAN, WALKER, CHERYL L. · 2017 to 2022
$5.0M
Hypovitaminosis D promotes MED12-associated genomic instability in uterine fibroidsR01HD094378 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI AL-HENDY, AYMAN, BOYER, THOMAS G · 2018 to 2022
$4.2M
Molecular basis of MED12 in the pathogenesis of uterine fibroidsR01HD087417 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI THOMAS G BOYER · 2017 to 2026
$3.4M
Pathological reprogramming of the m6A epitranscriptome in uterine fibroidsR01HD106285 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI AL-HENDY, AYMAN, BOYER, THOMAS G · 2021 to 2025
$3.2M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD087417NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD094378NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD106285NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES027792NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES028615NIH HHS RO1 ES028615, RO1 HD094378, U54 MD007602, RO1 HD087417, and RO1 HD106285 as well as SEUD research grantNIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD007602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uterine fibroids (UFs) are the most common prevalent benign tumor among women of reproductive age, disproportionately affecting women of color. This paper introduces an innovative management strategy for UFs, emphasizing the curbing of disease prevention and progression. Traditionally, medical intervention is deferred until advanced stages, necessitating invasive surgeries such as hysterectomy or myomectomy, leading to high recurrence rates and increased healthcare costs. The strategy, outlined in this review, emphasizes UF disease management and is named LIFE UP awareness-standing for Lifestyle Interventions, Food Modifications, and Environmental Practices for UF Prevention. These cost-effective, safe, and accessible measures hold the potential to prevent UFs, improve overall reproductive health, reduce the need for invasive procedures, and generate substantial cost savings for both individuals and healthcare systems. This review underscores the importance of a proactive UF management method, paving the way for future research and policy initiatives in this domain.

Indexed as

LeiomyomaUterine MyomectomyUterine NeoplasmsFemaleHumansLife StylePower, PsychologicalenvironmentallifestylenutritionpreventionUFs

Identifiers

PMID38542717
PMCPMC10975324
OpenAlexW4392715180

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Registered trials

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