A5071684908- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Diabetes Treatment and Management
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Insects and Parasite Interactions
- Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
- Bone and Joint Diseases
- Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Bone Metabolism and Diseases
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Physical Activity and Health
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Diet and metabolism studies
National Taiwan University
2023-2025
Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital
2017-2025
National Defense Medical Center
2021-2025
Tri-Service General Hospital
2021-2025
National Sun Yat-sen University
2024
National University of Kaohsiung
2023
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an independent risk factor of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). This study was mainly based on data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database. Using big analysis, we showed that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) treatment helpful for patients with T2DM who have a lower KOA or total replacement (TKR). A 35,762 were included in this study. We divided these into 988 without and 372 received GLP-1RA those did not receive treatment. The...
ABSTRACT Environmental temperatures substantially affect both endothermic and ectothermic vertebrates despite the two types of having different adaptive strategies. Notably, cellular physiological mechanisms employed by animals to cope with environmental changes remain poorly understood. Using zebrafish as a model, we investigated detailed processes cold acclimation in such fish. We analyzed activation oxytocin (OT) neurons release peptide hormones into circulation within 3 h exposure at...
Patients with diabetes have a relatively high risk of fracture due to osteoporosis. However, the osteoporosis associated use oral hypoglycemic drugs and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor (DPP-4i) by patients is unclear. This study aimed explore effect DPP-4i on in Taiwanese type 2 mellitus (T2DM).This enrolled 6339 (DPP-4i group) 25 356 without (non-DPP-4i group). They were matched 1:4 propensity score matching, using confounding variables including sex, age, comorbidities, medication, index...
Hypertension is known to be related obesity and both are the major factors for cardiovascular diseases. The relationship between body composition blood pressure (BP) discussed recently. Our study aims evaluate association waist circumference (WC) appendicular muscle mass (AMM) in relation BP among community-dwelling elderly population. Total 3739 patients (1600 males 2139 females) were recruited a series of community-based surveys that conducted population Taiwan from 2017 2019. We collected...
The challenges of respiratory infections persist as a global health crisis, placing substantial stress on healthcare infrastructures and necessitating ongoing investigation into efficacious treatment modalities. persistent challenge infections, including COVID-19, underscores the critical need for enhanced diagnostic methodologies to support early interventions. This study introduces an innovative two-stage data analytics framework that leverages deep learning algorithms through strategic...
Background: The combination of multiple disease statuses, muscle weakness, and sarcopenia among older adults is an important public health concern, a burden worldwide. This study evaluates the association between chronic obesity, grip strength (GS) in Taiwan. Methods: A community-based survey was conducted every 3 years over age 65, living Chiayi County, Demographic data several diseases such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, cardiovascular certain cancers, were...
Background/Objective: This study aims to utilize advanced artificial intelligence (AI) image recog-nition technologies establish a robust system for identifying features in lung computed tomog-raphy (CT) scans, thereby detecting respiratory infections such as SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. Spe-cifically, the research focuses on developing new model called Residual-Dense-Attention Gates U-Net (RDAG U-Net) improve accuracy and efficiency identification. Methods: employed Attention U-Net, Res newly...
Background Sarcopenia and muscle weakness in elderly are contributed burden of public health impact on quality life. Weak grip strength was key role diagnosis sarcopenia reported increased mortality, function declined elderly. This study evaluated the association between GS each common anthropometric characteristic community-dwelling Design method From 2017 to 2019, we conducted a community-based survey among Chiayi county, Taiwan. Participants were 65 years old or older, total 3,739...
Diabetes with co-existing bone fragility or osteoporosis is common in elderly patients, whereas frequently underestimated. We conducted dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) 7-site skinfold (SF) and dominant hand grip strength measurements among patients type 2 diabetes (T2DM) to assess their gender-specific associations. A total of 103 T2DM (60 females 43 males), aged between 50 80 years (median 68.0 years) were enrolled 45 non-DM also included compare females. Our results revealed was...
Taiwan's warm and humid climate dense population provide a suitable environment for the breeding of pests. The three major urban insects in Taiwan are house flies, cockroaches, mosquitoes. In cases where disease outbreak or high pest density necessitates chemical control, selecting most effective insecticide is crucial. resistance pests to selected environmental must be rapidly assessed achieve control reduce pollution.In this study, we evaluated various pests, namely, flies (Musca domestica...
A 59-year-old man presented for follow-up of an abnormal chest radiograph ([Figure 1A][1]), which had been ordered as part a routine health examination. One year prior, he sustained compression fracture and traumatic spondylolisthesis because car accident. Treatment included
The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between grip strength, obesity, and cardiometabolic risk factors among elderly individuals with different strength statuses weight in Taiwan. We conducted a series community-based health surveys population Chiayi County, Taiwan from 2017 2019. This is cross-sectionally designed check-up program that by local public bureau. Anthropometric characteristics, handgrip diabetes, profiles were measured using standard methods. recruited 3739...
Frailty is a significant public health and clinical issue among the elder population. This study aimed to evaluate nutritional status renal function in relation frailty elderly Taiwanese.
Studies have confirmed that osteoporosis has been considered as one of the complications diabetes, and health hazards to patients are more obvious. This study is mainly based on Taiwan National Health Insurance Database (TNHID). Through analysis TNHID, it shown combined treatment traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in diabetes with (T2DOP) lower related risks.
Diabetic patients are at high risk of developing cancer. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has become increasingly popular as an adjuvant treatment for with chronic diseases, and some studies have identified its beneficial effect in diabetic The purpoes this study was to outline the potential TCM attenuate hospitalization mortality rates carcinoma situ (CIS).A total 6,987 subjects CIS under therapy were selected from National Health Insurance Research Database Taiwan, along 38,800 1:1 sex-,...
Abstract Background Diabetes with co-existing bone fragility or osteoporosis is common in elderly patients, whereas frequently underestimated. Methods We conducted dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) 7-site skinfold (SF) and dominant hand grip strength measurements among patients type 2 diabetes (T2DM) to assess their gender-specific associations. A total of 103 T2DM (60 females 43 males), aged between 50–80 years (median 68.0 years) were enrolled. Results Our results revealed was...
Abstract Background Taiwan’s warm and humid climate dense population provide a suitable environment for the breeding of pests. The three major urban insects in Taiwan are house flies, cockroaches, mosquitoes. In cases where disease outbreak or high pest density necessitates chemical control, selecting most effective pesticide is crucial. resistance pests to selected environmental must be rapidly assessed achieve control reduce pollution. Methods this study, we evaluated various pests,...
Abstract Background: Sarcopenia and obesity have become important public health clinical issues worldwide, especially in an aging society like Taiwan. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cardiometabolic risk factors among different weight status grip strength elder individuals Taiwan.Methods: We administered a series community-based surveys population Chiayi County, Taiwan, from 2017 2019. Anthropometric characteristics, handgrip strength, profiles were measured using standard methods....