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June 2014 in “Integrative cancer therapies” Pranic meditation significantly improved mental health and quality of life for breast cancer survivors.
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January 2018 in “Advances in Clinical Chemistry” The document concludes that hormonal biomarkers are key for diagnosing hyperandrogenemia in women and hypogonadism in men.
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