7 results match your criteria: "Zhudong Veterans Hospital[Affiliation]"
J Formos Med Assoc
October 2014
Emergency Department, Zhongxing Branch of Taipei City Hospital, Taiwan. Electronic address:
PLoS One
October 2014
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C ; Healthcare and Management Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C ; Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Objectives: Possible association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been controversial. This study used a nationwide population-based dataset to investigate the relationship between DM and subsequent AD incidence.
Methods: Data were collected from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, which released a cohort dataset of 1,000,000 randomly sampled people and confirmed it to be representative of the Taiwanese population.
Laryngoscope
April 2013
Department of Otolaryngology, Zhudong Veterans Hospital, HsinChu, Taiwan.
Objectives/hypothesis: The correlation between idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss and subsequent stroke is unclear. This study aimed to review stroke incidence after idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss among patients admitted to a tertiary referral center and aimed to compare the characteristics of patients with and without stroke.
Study Design: Individual retrospective cohort study.
Acta Cardiol Sin
March 2013
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine; ; Healthcare and Management Center;
Background: Patients with autoimmune diseases have a high cardiovascular risk. However, few data are available on the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in patients diagnosed with primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS). We conducted a large nationwide cohort study to investigate the possible association between PSS and the risk of AMI.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Bone Miner Res
February 2013
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Zhudong Veterans Hospital, HsinChu, Taiwan.
Osteoporotic fractures are associated with increased mortality risk. However, little data are available on the risk of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) after hip fracture. Therefore, we investigated whether hip fracture increased the risk of AMI in a large, nationwide cohort study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Bone Miner Res
September 2012
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Zhudong Veterans Hospital, HsinChu, Taiwan.
The association between use of oral bisphosphonates and cancer development in elderly women is still uncertain, and previous studies have shown controversial results. We used a nationwide, population-based database to explore the relationship between the use of alendronate, an oral bisphosphonate agent used for the treatment of osteoporosis, and the risk of all malignancies in women with osteoporosis and age over 55 years. In the study group, we included 6906 women with osteoporosis (age, mean ± SD, 73.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPhytother Res
May 2012
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhudong Veterans Hospital, Zhudong City, Taiwan.
Silymarin is an active constituent contained in the seeds of the milk thistle plant and is widely used as a hepatic protection agent due to its antioxidant-like activity. In the present study we evaluated the potential action of silymarin against cervical cancer and investigated its mechanism of action. Treatment of cervical cancer cells (C-33A) with silymarin resulted in a significant decrease in cell viability.
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