Emergency Medical Retrieval Services in Remote Indigenous Islands: Experiences in Lanyu, Taiwan.

Emergency medical retrieval services (EMRS) in remote Indigenous islands is rarely investigated. We analyzed the characteristics of patients who underwent EMRS in Lanyu, an offshore island of Taiwan, from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2021. The need for EMRS for Lanyu Indigenous residents (N=132, 3.

Eradicating via C-urea breath screening to prevent gastric cancer in indigenous communities: a population-based study and development of a family index-case method.

Objective: Screening and eradication of help reduce disparities in the incidence of gastric cancer. We aimed to evaluate its acceptability and feasibility in the indigenous communities and develop a family index-case method to roll out this programme.

Design: We enrolled residents aged 20-60 years from Taiwanese indigenous communities to receive a course of test, treat, retest and re-treat initial treatment failures with the C-urea breath tests and four-drug antibiotic treatments.

Effects of antidiabetic drugs on psoriasis: A meta-analysis.

Background: Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, poses an elevated risk of developing diabetes mellitus.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of antidiabetic medications on psoriasis.

Data Sources, Study Selection And Data Extraction: We conducted a systemic review and meta-analysis and searched MEDLINE, EMBASE and CENTRAL for relevant randomized controlled trials.