This study explored whether the risk of thyroid cancer in Asian women is associated with consumption of oral contraceptives (Diane-35). We conducted a population-based, retrospective cohort study using the Taiwan National Health Insurance R…
We explored whether hysterectomy with or without bilateral oophorectomy was associated with the increasing incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in an East Asian population. This was a retrospective population-based cohort study that analyzed…
BACKGROUND: Hormonal fluctuations may trigger the onset of bipolar disorder. We designed a longitudinal follow-up study to evaluate the association between hysterectomies and bipolar disorder risk. METHODS: We conducted a large retrospecti…
Studies on the relationship between gynecologic surgery and subsequent ovarian cancer have been carried out in limited Western ethnic groups. We aim to evaluate whether receiving hysterectomy and/or salpingectomy associated with ovarian can…
Using the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan, we investigated whether undergoing a hysterectomy increases the risk of depression. A total of 7872 patients aged 30⁻49 years who underwent a hysterectomy from 2000 to 2013 we…