Women's Health

Women's Health Evidence Ranking

Within this category, verdicts with higher evidence scores appear first. Verdicts without a score stay lower in the same list.

• B 63 Complex extract including Cynanchum wilfordii (EstroG-100: Cynanchum wilfordii/Cynanchum, Phlomis umbrosa, and Angelica gigas complex) and pomegranate extract/pomegranate concentrate x Relief of menopausal symptoms in women
  Because there are multiple human symptom RCTs, the grade is B, but it is the lower end of B because Cynanchum wilfordii is a complex extract rather... · View verdict →
• B 58 Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) x PMS (premenstrual syndrome) and morning sickness
  Morning sickness is B based on direct symptom RCTs and ACOG recommendations, while PMS is a combined claim closer to C because of small studies and... · View verdict →
• C 56 Inositol (myo-inositol/D-chiro-inositol) x PCOS, mood, and blood glucose
  There are PCOS metabolic-marker signals, but clinical efficacy, mood, and general glucose claims are low-certainty and surrogate-marker centered, s... · View verdict →
• C 54 Flaxseed (lignans, flaxseed) x menopausal symptoms (hot flashes/night sweats), gut health (constipation/bowel movements), cholesterol (LDL/total cholesterol)
  Flaxseed has human evidence for LDL/total cholesterol and constipation, but 'lignan relief of menopausal hot flashes' repeatedly failed to hold in... · View verdict →
• C 46 Soy isoflavones (soy isoflavones; genistein, daidzein, glycitein, etc.) x Menopausal symptoms in women, especially vasomotor symptoms such as hot flashes/night sweats
  There are small and heterogeneous RCT signals for hot flashes, but when broadened to menopausal symptoms overall, independent RCTs and recent meta-... · View verdict →
• F 15 Evening primrose oil (gamma-linolenic acid, GLA; in the domestic market often advertised together with GLA-containing oils such as borage oil and blackcurrant oil) x PMS (discomfort due to premenstrual changes) and skin (immune hypersensitivity/atopic dermatitis, dryness, itching)
  For skin/atopy, 27 Cochrane RCTs were null versus placebo; for PMS, EPO-alone RCTs were generally null, and positive PMS evidence is from a GLA com... · View verdict →