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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To discuss the overall and latest observations of the effect of diet, lifestyle, supplements, and some prescription heart healthy medications for prostate cancer prevention. RECENT FINDINGS The concept of maximizing heart health to prevent aggressive prostate cancer continues to be solidified with the addition of more prospective observational and randomized controlled trial data. Heart healthy is prostate healthy, and heart unhealthy is prostate unhealthy. The primary goal of reducing the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality also coincides with maximizing prostate cancer prevention. The obesity epidemic in children and adults along with recent diverse research has only strengthened the nexus between heart and prostate health. Greater dietary adherence toward a variety of healthy foods is associated with a graded improved probability of CVD and potentially aggressive cancer risk reduction. Preventing prostate cancer via dietary supplements should encourage a "first do no harm," or less is more approach until future evidence can reverse the concerning trend that more supplementation has resulted in either no impact or an increased risk of prostate cancer. Supplements to reduce side effects of some cancer treatments appear to have more encouraging data. A discussion of quality (QC) before utilizing any pill also requires attention. Medications or interventions that potentially improve heart health including statins, aspirin, and metformin (S.A.M.), specific beta-blocker medications, and even preventive vaccines are in general generic, low-cost, "natural," and should continue to garner research interest. A watershed moment in medical education has arrived where the past perception of a diverse number of trees seemingly separated by vast distances, in reality, now appear to exist within the same forest.PURPOSE To determine the rates of trial of labor after cesarean delivery (TOLAC) and complications in Japan. METHODS We conducted a descriptive study of pregnant women with one prior cesarean section registered between January 2013 and December 2015 in the perinatal database of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. This database is a nationwide institution-based registry in Japan. This study included women who had undergone one prior cesarean delivery and who delivered a singleton by cephalic presentation between 37 and 41 weeks of gestation. We collected data on delivery method, particularly with regard to the involvement of TOLAC or elective repeated cesarean deliveries (ERCD). Rates of TOLAC were investigated by facility type, and we calculated the rates of maternal and perinatal complications including uterine rupture in TOLAC. RESULTS During the study period, 647,098 births were registered. Among the 34,460 women who met the inclusion criteria, 1730 (5.0%) and 32,730 (95.0%) underwent TOLAC and ERCD, respectively. In total, 76.4% of hospitals did not perform TOLAC at all. Generally in perinatal medical centers, which are better equipped with facilities, 58.7% women did not perform TOLAC. With regard to complications, we identified eight cases (0.46%) of uterine rupture with TOLAC. TOLAC births did not include maternal death and perinatal death. Among women attempting TOLAC, 1532 (88.6%) had successful vaginal births. CONCLUSION The TOLAC rate in Japan was considerably lower than that reported in other countries, despite comparable complication rates.OBJECTIVE To evaluate factors associated with survival of patients with advanced stage mucinous ovarian carcinoma (MOC) using a large multi-institutional database. METHODS Patients diagnosed between 2004 and 2014 with advanced stage (III-IV) MOC were identified within the National Cancer Database. Those without a personal history of another primary tumor who received cancer-directed surgery with a curative intent were selected for further analysis. Overall survival (OS) was evaluated with Kaplan-Meier curves, and compared with the log-rank test. Multivariate Cox analysis was performed to identify independent predictors of survival. RESULTS A total of 1509 patients with a median age of 59 years (IQR 20) met the inclusion criteria stage III (n = 1045, 69.3%) and stage IV disease (n = 464, 30.7%). IU1 nmr Patients who received chemotherapy (n = 1065, 70.6%) had better OS compared to those who did not (n = 385, 25.5%), (median OS 15.44 vs 5.06 months, p  less then  0.001). The type of reporting facility (p = 0.65) and the year of diagnosis (p = 0.27) were not associated with OS. Presence of residual disease was strongly associated with OS (p  less then  0.001). After controlling for confounders, the administration of chemotherapy (HR 0.63, 95% CI 0.55, 0.72) was associated with better survival. CONCLUSION Advanced stage MOC has an extremely poor prognosis. Patients who received chemotherapy had a small improvement in survival. Every effort to achieve complete gross resection should be performed. Given no improvement in survival outcomes over time, there is an eminent need for novel treatment options.BACKGROUND Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) used to establish patient profiles and predict ovarian response to stimulation, its role in assisted reproductive technology techniques is crucial. PURPOSE To evaluate the evidence from published RCTs about the efficacy and safety of AMH-based ovarian stimulation versus conventional ovarian stimulation. METHOD Search strategy electronic databases were searched using the following MeSH terms (Anti-Müllerian hormone OR AMH) AND (IVF OR ICSI) and (tailored OR based). SELECTION CRITERIA only RCTs were included. Four studies were included in the quantitative synthesis. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS the extracted data were entered into RevMan software, the relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used for data analysis. RESULTS Primary outcomes ongoing pregnancy test for overall effect was in favor of AMH-based group, but there was no statistically significant difference [RR = 0.95, 95% CI (0.84-1.08), P = 0.44]. Severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) test or overall effect was in favor of AMH-based group, but there was still no statistically significant difference [RR = 0.