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Background and Objectives: Live birth rates in women with diminished ovarian reserve (AMH < 2.0 ng/mL) undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) remain under 20%. While Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) is often used to treat infertility and supp…
INTRODUCTION: Infertility affects over 186 million people globally, with about 1 in 7 couples in developed nations experiencing it. Causes include age-related fertility decline and environmental factors. Air pollution is a potential factor,…
Background/aimWhile in vitro fertilization (IVF) is an effective treatment for infertility, the live birth rate remains suboptimal. This study aimed to evaluate the factors influencing live birth rates in infertile women undergoing a second…
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is the most effective procedure to resolve male infertility, enhancing overall fertilization and pregnancy outcomes. However, it is important to note that fertilization failure (FF) can still occur in…
OBJECTIVE: To assess the treatment efficacy of dienogest specifically in the Taiwanese population with endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighty-eight patients diagnosed with endometriosis receiving at least 3 months of dienogest 2 mg o…
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract and is characterized by alternating periods of inflammation and remission. Although UC incidence is lower in Taiwan than in Western countries, its impact remain…
Invasive lobular cancer (ILC) of the breast is the second most common type of invasive breast cancer. Clinical determination of the growth pattern of ILC of the breast is difficult. Furthermore, the ILC of the breast has a unique metastatic…
BackgroundWe aimed to compare the outcomes of ovarian cystectomy (OC) performed by vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES) vs transumbilical laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS).MethodsWe retrospectively anal…
ObjectivesAlopecia is a soft but meaningful complaint affecting women's physical and psychological health. Female alopecia (FA) has diverse etiologies. Nonetheless, FA is stereotyped as female pattern hair loss, also known as female androge…
BackgroundAcute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is inflammation of the gallbladder without evidence of calculi. Although rarely reported, its etiologies include hepatitis virus infection (e.g., hepatitis A virus, HAV) and adult-onset Still's…
Hysterectomy is a potential risk factor for subsequent surgery for pelvic organ prolapse, especially when the prolapse exists before hysterectomy. Women without prolapse before hysterectomy may also experience prolapse after hysterectomy. T…
Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-4), an incretin glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) degrading enzyme, contains two forms and it can exert various physiological functions particular in controlling blood glucose through the action of GLP-1. In diabe…
Previous studies indicated that progesterone can be withdrawn at the time of the first positive β-hCG test without compromising the clinical pregnancy outcome in normal ovarian responder. However, the effect of early stop of progesterone su…
To investigate the association between pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and endometrial cancer (EC).We conducted a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study, and data were obtained from the National Health Insurance Research D…
BackgroundInterindividual genetic variations of human DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), which involve the methyl donor from the folate-related one-carbon metabolism pathway, are hypothesized as a risk factor for urothelial carcinoma (UC). The…
Adenomyosis is an oestrogen-dependent disease characterized by the invasion of endometrial epithelial cells into the myometrium of uterus, and angiogenesis is thought to be required for the implantation of endometrial glandular tissues duri…
PROBLEM: To determine the effects of macrophage on endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) in women with adenomyosis. METHOD OF STUDY: Eutopic endometrium was obtained and separated into single ESC in 10 women with adenomyosis (study group) and 1…