Publications by authors named "Yu-Shiun Tsai"
Article Synopsis
- In Taiwan, high rates of cigarette smoking, betel chewing, and alcohol consumption have led to significant cancer deaths, particularly in the oral cavity and throat.
- Analysis from 1980 to 2019 showed strong links between these cancers and lifestyle factors, with a notable period effect from 1990 to 2009 related to betel nut consumption and an ongoing effect from HPV on oropharyngeal cancers.
- Government initiatives to reduce smoking and betel quid usage since the 1990s have successfully stabilized cancer rates, suggesting continued policy impact may lead to further declines in head and neck cancer incidence.
Protein glycosylation plays an important role in post-translational modification, which defines a broad spectrum of protein functions. Accordingly, infants with a congenital disorder of glycosylation (CDG) can have N-glycosylation, O-glycosylation, or combined N- and O-glycosylation defects, resulting in similar but different multisystem involvement. CDGs can present notable gastrointestinal and neurologic symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInterventions for bacterial folliculitis and boils (furuncles and carbuncles).
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
February 2021
Background: Bacterial folliculitis and boils are globally prevalent bacterial infections involving inflammation of the hair follicle and the perifollicular tissue. Some folliculitis may resolve spontaneously, but others may progress to boils without treatment. Boils, also known as furuncles, involve adjacent tissue and may progress to cellulitis or lymphadenitis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Evidence-based practice is among core competencies of health care professionals (HCPs). However, the levels of evidence-searching capability may differ among various disciplines of HCPs as they receive different education and trainings for various durations in medical schools and teaching hospitals.
Methods: This study aimed to compare the evidence-searching capability among different disciplines of HCPs and identify which aspects need to be reinforced.
Background: Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease that presents with itching, red, scaling plaques; its worsening has been associated with obesity, drinking, smoking, lack of sleep, and a sedentary lifestyle. Lifestyle changes may improve psoriasis.
Objectives: To assess the effects of lifestyle changes for psoriasis, including weight reduction, alcohol abstinence, smoking cessation, dietary modification, exercise, and other lifestyle change interventions.
A scale for measuring evidence-searching capability: A development and validation study.
J Eval Clin Pract
August 2019
Rationale: The ability to acquire the best evidence efficiently is an important competency for busy health-care professionals who must make decisions quickly.
Aims And Objectives: We aimed to develop and validate a scale for measuring evidence-searching capability.
Methods: We first developed a scale for measuring evidence-searching capability by using the modified Delphi technique.
Introduction: Bone marrow-stimulating (BMS) techniques during arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery theoretically enhance the biological component for healing and hence improve tendon healing, but their efficacy remains unproven. The purpose of this review is to determine the effects and associated harms of BMS in arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery.
Methods And Analysis: We will perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised-controlled trials (RCTs) and retrospective cohort studies (RCS) that compare outcomes following BMS use against no use of BMS during arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery.