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Prospective long-term follow-up of patients with idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields after a provocation trial
Previous short-term follow-ups of idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF) found no patients recovered after receiving provocation trials, and only a small portion were willing to consider something else caused their symptoms, although levels of their…
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Arsenic in Drinking Water and Incidences of Leukemia and Lymphoma: Implication for Its Dual Effects in Carcinogenicity
Arsenic in drinking water has been recognized as carcinogenic to humans and can cause solid cancers of lung, urinary bladder, and skin. Positive associations have also been reported between arsenic ingestion and cancers of kidney, liver and prostate. Nevertheless, arsenic trioxide has been used…
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Association between sarcopenia and survival in patients with gynecologic cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundDespite prior attempts to evaluate the effects of sarcopenia on survival among patients with gynecologic cancer, the results of these studies have not been consistent. The present study evaluated the association between sarcopenia and survival among patients with gynecologic cancer by…
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Adding Chinese Herbal Medicine to Routine Care is Associated With a Lower Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Patients With Asthma: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study
Objective: Due to the shared pathogenesis of asthma and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patients with asthma were found to have a higher risk of RA. While the benefits and safety of Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) for asthma have been reported, the scientific evidence regarding its effect on RA is…
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Incidence of second primary malignancies in women with different stages of breast cancer
IntroductionBreast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women worldwide. Because of the extended survival of patients with BC, the occurrence of second primary malignancies (SPMs) after BC is an important issue.MethodsWe identified female patients with BC in the Breast Cancer Health Database of…
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External validation of geriatric influenza death score: A multicenter study
The Geriatric Influenza Death (GID) score was developed to help decision making in older patients with influenza in the emergency department (ED), but external validation is unavailable. Thus, we conducted a study was to fill the data gap. We recruited all older patients (≥65 years) who visited the…
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A sarcopenia screening test predicts mortality among hospitalized cancer patients
Abstract This study investigated the ability of a sarcopenia screening test to predict mortality among cancer inpatients. We conducted a prospective study of patients admitted to the oncology ward of a teaching hospital in southern Taiwan. Over a 5‐month period, 82 patients were enrolled for…
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Physiological changes and symptoms associated with short-term exposure to electromagnetic fields: a randomized crossover provocation study
Abstract Background The biological association between electromagnetic fields (EMF) and idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to EMF (IEI-EMF) has not been established. To assess the physiological changes and symptoms associated with exposure to EMF, we conducted a randomized crossover…
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Assessing Carbon Monoxide Exposure in Food Delivery Workers by Using Exhaled Air with Consideration of Smoking Habits
Abstract Background The number of food delivery workers engaging in online food delivery (OFD) services has soared recently. While they are exposed to air pollutants from traffic exhaust frequently, their exposure to carbon monoxide (CO) is seldom assessed. This study aimed to assess the CO…
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Applying negative ions to reduce surgical smoke in operation room
Long-term exposure to surgical smoke generated from electrocautery can increase health risks for medical personnel. Surgical smoke contains high concentrations of nanoparticles (NP, diameter ≤200 nm) and particulate matters with diameter less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5), which can cause respiratory…
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Association between carbon monoxide poisoning and adrenal insufficiency: a nationwide cohort study
Abstract Carbon monoxide poisoning may damage the brain and adrenal glands, but it is unclear whether it is associated with adrenal insufficiency. We identified all COP patients diagnosed between 1999 and 2012 in Taiwan using the Nationwide Poisoning Database and selected a reference cohort…
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Epidemiological characteristics of heat-related illness: a nationwide study in Taiwan
Abstract Background Heat-related illness (HRI) is expected to occur more frequently and become a prominent issue worldwide in the context of global warming and climate change. Previous epidemiological studies of HRI were generally limited to selected populations or specific settings. The objective…
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Patients with Hepatitis C Undergoing Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment Have a Lower SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rate
This study retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 602 patients with first-time positive results for the HCV nucleic acid test between 1 May 2021 and 31 March 2023, exploring the association between DAA treatment and SARS-CoV-2 infection. The results showed that 9.8% of HCV patients were…
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Independent Predictors of Heat-Related Illness-Induced Acute Respiratory Failure: A Multicenter Cross-sectional Study
Introduction: Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a critical complication of heat-related illness (HRI). This study aimed to identify predictors of HRI-induced ARF in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). Methods: Patients aged 20 years and above diagnosed with HRI (ICD-9-CM code 992…
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Hypothyroidism following carbon monoxide poisoning: An epidemiological study supported by animal experiments
Previous studies have suggested a possible association between carbon monoxide poisoning (COP) and hypothyroidism, but the evidence is limited. Therefore, the aim of this study was to further investigate this relationship. Using data from the Taiwan National Health Research Database, we identified…
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Heat-related illness and dementia: a study integrating epidemiological and experimental evidence
Abstract Background Heat-related illness (HRI) is commonly considered an acute condition, and its potential long-term consequences are not well understood. We conducted a population-based cohort study and an animal experiment to evaluate whether HRI is associated with dementia later in life…