Purpose: Statins are among the most frequently prescribed drugs because of their efficacy
and low toxicity in treating hypercholesterolemia. Recently, statins have been reported to …

Background and Objectives: Cognitive impairment develops with pre-diabetes and dementia
is a complication of diabetes. Natural products like turmeric and cinnamon may ameliorate …

Background Cohort studies evaluating increased serum uric acid (SUA) level as a chronic
kidney disease (CKD) risk factor have yielded variable results. We aimed to assess the …

Accumulating evidence has suggested the requirement for further stratification of patients in
the same tumor stage according to molecular factors. We evaluate the combination of cancer …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein AI (apoB/apoA-I)
ratio is a promising risk predictor of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and to …

Aberrant DNA methylation plays a crucial role in cancer development; however, prospective
evidence of an interaction between molecular biomarkers and cancer staging for predicting …

A new noninvasive screening tool for colorectal neoplasia detects epigenetic alterations
exhibited by gastrointestinal tumor cells shed into stool. There is insufficient existing data to …

Human bocaviruses (HBoVs) have been detected in human gastrointestinal infections
worldwide. Although HBoV global prevalence and strains diversity have been reported, but …

Transcriptional silencing of tumour-suppressor genes by hypermethylation of promoter-region
CpG islands is an important pathway results in tumourigenesis development (Esteller 2007…

Background The high incidence and prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Taiwan
have produced tremendous burdens on health care resources. The work environment of air …