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Cost-effectiveness of a Household Salt Substitution Intervention: Findings From 20,995 Participants of the Salt Substitute and Stroke Study (SSaSS)
Conclusions: Replacing regular salt with salt substitute was a cost-saving intervention for the prevention of stroke and improvement of quality of life amongst the SSaSS participants.PMID:35311346 | DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059573
Source: Circulation - March 21, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ka-Chun Li Liping Huang Maoyi Tian Gian Luca Di Tanna Jie Yu Xinyi Zhang Xuejun Yin Yishu Liu Zhixin Hao Bo Zhou Xiangxian Feng Zhifang Li Jianxin Zhang Jixin Sun Yuhong Zhang Yi Zhao Ruijuan Zhang Yan Yu Nicole Li Lijing L Yan Darwin R Labarthe Paul Elli Source Type: research
New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Is a Risk Factor of Ischemic Stroke in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
In conclusion, COPD patients suffering from new-onset AF had an increased incidence of IS in the population observation study. New-onset AF was an omit risk factor for IS in COPD in the Chinese population.PMID:35206997 | DOI:10.3390/healthcare10020381
Source: Atherosclerosis - February 25, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Chi-Chun Liu Yu-Hsuan Chen Yin-Han Chang Wu-Chien Chien Hui-Chen Lin Chun-Gu Cheng Chun-An Cheng Source Type: research
Efficacy of Acupuncture Treatment for Incidence of Poststroke Comorbidities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Nationalized Cohort Studies
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2022 Feb 1;2022:3919866. doi: 10.1155/2022/3919866. eCollection 2022.ABSTRACTAcupuncture has been applied as a complementary therapy in stroke survivors worldwide and approved to be beneficial to stroke recovery. However, there is little medical evidence regarding the association between acupuncture and the risk of poststroke comorbidities. We reviewed big data studies from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database to investigate the risk of poststroke comorbidities after acupuncture treatment in a real-world situation. Ten English (PubMed, Embase, Medline, Cochrane, Alt Hea...
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - February 14, 2022 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Li-Kung Wu Chung-Shan Hung Yen-Lun Kung Zhong-Kui Chen Shinn-Zong Lin Jaung-Geng Lin Tsung-Jung Ho Source Type: research
Integrative Therapy Combining Chinese Herbal Medicines With Conventional Treatment Reduces the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study
In conclusion, CHM use reduced the risk of CVD among patients with SLE in Taiwan. Further randomized studies may be needed to determine the definite causal relationship between CHM use and its protective effects against CVD among patients with SLE.
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - September 27, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Association between blood pressure categories and cardiovascular disease mortality in China
ConclusionsPrehypertension-high should be considered in CVD primary prevention given its high prevalence and increased CVD risk. All hypertension subtypes were independently associated with CVD and its subtypes mortality, though the strength of associations varied substantially.
Source: PLoS One - July 30, 2021 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Jie Guo Source Type: research
Traditional Chinese Medicine Reduces the Incidence of Chemotherapy-Induced Stroke: A Five-Year Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study From Taiwan
Conclusion: These Taiwanese data suggest that chemotherapy is a risk factor for stroke and that the use of TCM can significantly mitigate this risk. TCM also appears to reduce the mortality risk associated with chemotherapy.
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - May 26, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
EQ-5D-3L Decrements by Diabetes Complications and Comorbidities in China
ConclusionThe diabetes complications and comorbidities among patients with type 2 diabetes were associated with poor health utility scores, especially for those with diabetic foot, stroke, and nephropathy.
Source: Diabetes Therapy - March 8, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Adjunctive Chinese Herbal Products Therapy Reduces the Risk of Ischemic Stroke Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
We performed a retrospective cohort study to investigate the association between the risk of ischemic stroke (IS) and the use of Chinese herbal products (CHP) in combination with western medicine (WM) among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The data were sourced from the registry for beneficiaries, inpatient and ambulatory care claims, and Registry for Catastrophic Illness from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) in Taiwan between 1997 and 2011. Patients, who were newly diagnosed with RA between 1997 and 2010, were classified as the CHP group or non-CHP group depending on the presence of absence ...
Source: Frontiers in Pharmacology - March 3, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Tea consumption and risk of stroke in Chinese adults: a prospective cohort study of 0.5 million men and women.
CONCLUSIONS: Among Chinese adults, higher consumption of tea, especially green tea, was associated with a lower risk of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.
PMID: 31711152 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - November 10, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: Tian T, Lv J, Jin G, Yu C, Guo Y, Bian Z, Yang L, Chen Y, Shen H, Chen Z, Hu Z, Li L, China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group Tags: Am J Clin Nutr Source Type: research
Costs of hospitalization for stroke from two urban health insurance claims data in Guangzhou City, southern China
This study aimed to examine the hospitalization costs by five ...
Source: BMC Health Services Research - September 18, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hui Zhang, Yujie Yin, Chao Zhang and Donglan Zhang Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Yet Another Health Problem Linked to Air Pollution: Eye Disease
It’s no secret that air pollution isn’t good for your health. In particular, exposure to the byproducts of burning the fuel that powers most of our motor vehicles has been linked to higher risk of lung cancer, respiratory infections, stroke and heart disease, as well as an increased risk of death from these conditions. A new study now adds another worrisome pollution-related risk: eye disease.
Dr. Suh-Hang Hank Juo, from the center for myopia and eye disease at China Medical University in Taiwan, and his colleagues documented for the first time in a large population that exposure to two common air pollutants&md...
Source: TIME: Health - August 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized health macular degeneration Pollution Source Type: news
Association between depression risk and polycystic ovarian syndrome in young women: a retrospective nationwide population-based cohort study (1998 –2013)
This study was supported in part by the Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare Clinical Trial Center (MOHW108-TDU-B-212-133 004), China Medical University Hospital, Academia Sinica Stroke Biosignature Project (BM10701010021), MOST Clinical Trial Consortium for Stroke (MOST 107-2321-B-039 -004-), Tseng-Lien Lin Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan and Katsuzo and Kiyo Aoshima Memorial Funds, Japan. No competing interest existe d.TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERN/A.
Source: Human Reproduction - August 13, 2019 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: research
