The results were published in 19913 and demonstrated a 72% reduction in recurrence risk in those who consumed folic acid before conception.
The study is not the first to find a reduction in recurrence among prostate cancer patients who took aspirin.
Two other controlled trials also showed a reduction in recurrence risk, with the pooled reduction in risk among those who were compliant was 87%.4 In the meantime, or soon thereafter, several other studies were done to investigate the correlation between either folic acid or multivitamins containing folic acid and occurrence of NTDs.
Not only was there a reduction in recurrence rates with the low-fat diet but also, to their surprise, the investigators noticed that women whose tumors were not fueled by estrogen appeared to have a better response to the diet than those whose tumors were fueled by estrogen.
Conclusion: A well-designed program for patients with disk problems that minimizes disk pressures while restoring flexibility, strength, endurance, balance, and posture may yield superior results to oral medications with reduction in recurrence of back pain.
As expected, ablation was also associated with a significant reduction in recurrence of AF (HR 0.53, CI 0.46-0.61, p<0.0001).
Ang et al. showed a trend toward recurrence of inflammation following ATT comparing intermediate to anterior uveitis as well as non-significant reduction in recurrence of inflammation comparing posterior to anterior uveitis [15].
Compared to no treatment, ATT for more than 9 months was associated with a significant reduction in recurrence of inflammation [15], an effect than was not significant in shorter treatment durations.
In a large retrospective study of 360 patients with uveitis and a positive TB screening test, Bansal et al. also reported an overall significant reduction in recurrence of inflammation when ATT was added to corticosteroid therapy compared to corticosteroids alone [18].
A high fluid intake has been associated with a 40% reduction in recurrence risk.
In contrast, modest improvements in diet, like the Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study, a trial in women with breast cancer, did not produce any reduction in recurrence.[12].[12]
