Ministry of Health and Welfare

Pseudobulb Yield and Chemical Quality of Field-Grown Bletilla formosana in Guangfu, Hualien, Across Cultivation Years and Harvest Seasons

Bletilla formosana is an important medicinal orchid in Taiwan, but information on how cultivation year, harvest season, and pseudobulb size are associated with yield and chemical quality under field conditions remains limited. This study evaluated field-grown B. formosana in Guan...

Skin tear prevention and management among frail older adults in a Taiwanese long-term care facility: a best practice implementation project.

INTRODUCTION: Skin tears are common among frail older adults in long-term care and remain inconsistently managed despite international guidance. OBJECTIVES: This evidence implementation project aimed to enhance compliance with evidence-based skin tear prevention and management pr...

Identification of holistic needs in people with chronic kidney disease

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing global health challenge with substantial physical, psychological, social, and practical consequences beyond impaired kidney function. This review examines the rationale for holistic needs assessment, summarizes availabl...

Supported communication is a donor‐safety intervention, not an eligibility exception

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Smartphone-related early recurrent open globe injury: A case report and literature review

Abstract: Open globe injury (OGI) is a vision-threatening ophthalmic emergency, but recurrent OGI in the same eye is exceedingly rare. This case report describes a 45-year-old male who sustained a left eye OGI from a rebounding marble block at a construction site, with visual acu...

Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, severe sepsis, and infection-related outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes

Background: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are vulnerable to infections. While sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors provide established cardiorenal benefits, their effects on infection remain unclear. This study aimed to evaluat...

Long-Term Air Pollutant Exposure and the Risk of Cardiovascular- and Cancer-Related Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study in Taiwan

Air pollution exposure can cause vascular dysfunction and induce mutagenesis; however, its effects on cardiovascular disease (CVD)– and cancer-related mortality remain unclear. This prospective cohort study examined the impact of long-term exposure to multiple air pollutants on t...

Multimodal Graph Neural Networks and Evolutionary Knowledge Fusion for Secure and Explainable Governance in Intelligent IoT Interactive Media Systems

This research proposes a secure, explainable, and context-aware governance framework for blockchain-based digital media contracts in multimodal artificial intelligence–enabled AIoT interactive systems. As digital licensing, NFT copyright management, royalty distribution, and cros...

Unraveling the immune landscape and molecular signatures of antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity in SARS-CoV-2 clearance

Beyond direct neutralization, antibodies clear SARS-CoV-2 by triggering antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), which guides natural killer (NK) cells to eliminate infected cells. To understand ADCC’s role in COVID-19, we analyze samples from primary patients and find th...

Associations between impaired intrinsic capacity and emergency room visits among community-dwelling older adults

Background Emergency room (ER) visits in older adults are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The World Health Organization’s Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) framework assesses intrinsic capacity (IC), but the association between IC impairments and ER visi...

Adipose Tissue Browning in MASLD and Its Molecular Mechanisms and Metabolic Crosstalk

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is an increasingly prevalent complication of obesity and metabolic dysregulation, with limited therapies targeting upstream drivers of disease. Adipose tissue has emerged as a central regulator of...