The effect of oral riboflavin (vitamin B 2) supplements on blood pressure is uncertain. Large, well-conducted trials are needed to assess the effect of riboflavin on blood pressure lowering.

We do not know if other non-medicinal treatments and innovative healthcare support helped to reduce the number of seizures or improve children's quality of life because the evidence was limited and ...

We do not know if medicinal and non-medicinal treatments help reduce impulsive-compulsive behaviors in people with Parkinson's disease because the currently available evidence is limited and uncertain ...

• Blood pressure-lowering medications lower the chance of death and probably reduce heart attacks and strokes in people with hypertension (high blood pressure) 60 years of age or older. • There may be ...

Simple hysterectomy may result in little to no difference in the number of deaths from any cause, life expectancy after treatment, deaths from cancer, cancer-free period after treatment, or the rate ...

Doctors need reliable ways to predict seizure risk after a first unprovoked seizure, to help guide diagnosis and treatment. This is especially important because a diagnosis of epilepsy can now be made ...

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