Combination Therapy of Metformin and Statin May Decrease Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among Diabetic Patients in Asia
- Hsin-Hung Chen, M. Lin, C. Muo, Su-Yin Yeh, F. Sung, C. Kao
- Medicine, BiologyMedicine
- 1 June 2015
Only combination therapy of metformin and simvastatin may significantly decreased HCC comorbidities (OR = 0.26; 95% CI 0.11–0.60) in the authors' study.
Association between Helicobacter pylori infection and dementia
- Wei-Shih Huang, Tse-Yen Yang, Wei-Chih Shen, Cheng-Li Lin, M. Lin, C. Kao
- MedicineJournal of clinical neuroscience
- 1 August 2014
Dental diagnostic X-ray exposure and risk of benign and malignant brain tumors.
Exposure to dental diagnostic X-rays in oral and maxillofacial care increases the risk of BBTs, but not MBTs, and no significant association was found between MBTs and dental diagnosticX-ray exposure.
A Higher Dosage of Oral Alendronate Will Increase the Subsequent Cancer Risk of Osteoporosis Patients in Taiwan: A Population-Based Cohort Study
- Wen-Yuan Lee, Li-Min Sun, C. Kao
- MedicinePLoS ONE
- 31 December 2012
This population-based retrospective cohort study did not find a relationship between ALN use and either esophageal or breast cancer, but unexpectedly discovered that use of ALN with dose ≥1.0 g/year significantly increased risks of overall cancer incidence.
Metformin and the Incidence of Cancer in Patients With Diabetes: A Nested Case-Control Study
- Shu-Yi Wang, Chieh-Sen Chuang, C. Kao
- Medicine, BiologyDiabetes Care
- 13 August 2013
It is shown that metformin does not reduce the risk of cancer in patients with diabetes, and little information is available on the subject considering non-Caucasian ethnicity.
Increased risk of tinnitus in patients with temporomandibular disorder: a retrospective population-based cohort study
- Chun-Feng Lee, M. Lin, Hui-Tzu Lin, Cheng-Li Lin, Tang-Chuan Wang, C. Kao
- MedicineEuropean Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
- 2015
Patients aged 20 years and older who were newly diagnosed with TMJ disorder served as the study cohort and observed a 3.22-fold significantly higher relative risk of developing tinnitus within the 3-year follow-up period.
Spinal cord injury increases the risk of type 2 diabetes: a population-based cohort study.
- Y. Lai, Cheng-Li Lin, C. Kao
- MedicineThe spine journal
- 1 September 2014
Risk of leukaemia in children infected with enterovirus: a nationwide, retrospective, population-based, Taiwanese-registry, cohort study.
- Jiun-Nong Lin, Cheng-Li Lin, C. Kao
- MedicineThe Lancet Oncology
- 1 October 2015
Association Between Kidney Stones and Risk of Stroke
- Shih-Yi Lin, Cheng-Li Lin, C. Kao
- MedicineMedicine
- 1 February 2016
It is demonstrated that patients, particularly women and the younger population, with nephrolithiasis have an increased risk of ischemic stroke development.
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