Do sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) in the United States encounter disproportionate rates of victimization as compared with their cisgender, heterosexual counterparts? Answering this question has proved elusive because nationally representative victimization data have not included victims’ sexual orientation or gender identity. The National…[Read more]

This study aimed to clarify whether Parkinson’s disease (PD) and depression were independent risk factors or with synergic effects in dementia.

Newly diagnosed PD (

 = 1213) patients and control subjects (

 = 4852) were selected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database from January 2001 through December 2008. F…[Read more]

This study aimed to clarify whether Parkinson’s disease (PD) and depression were independent risk factors or with synergic effects in dementia.

Newly diagnosed PD (

 = 1213) patients and control subjects (

 = 4852) were selected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database from January 2001 through December 2008. F…[Read more]

Median follow-up was 31 months (12-141 months). Patients with ESRD were 3.6 time more likely to have at least one postoperative complication (mechanical failure, non-union, or infection) compared to non-ESRD patients (9/65 vs. 5/130, p = 0.02). In particular, mechanical failure was eight times higher among ESRD patients compared to non-ESRD…[Read more]