The Association between Acupuncture Therapy and the Risk of Disability Development in Dementia Patients: A Nationwide Cohort Study by Huang CY, Wu MY, Huang MC, Yu TS, Mayer PK, Yen HR

“…Chia-Yu Huang,1,2 Mei-Yao Wu,3– 5 Ming-Cheng Huang,2,3 Teng-Shun Yu,6,7 Peter Karl Mayer,3,8,* Hung-Rong Yen2,3,5,8,9,* 1Department of Family Medicine, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan; 2Graduate Institute of Chinese Medicine, School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; 3Department of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; 4School of Post-Baccalaureate Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; 5Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; 6Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; 7College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; 8International Master Program in Acupuncture, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; 9Chinese Medicine Research Center, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hung-Rong Yen, School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, 91 Hsueh-Shih Road, North District, Taichung, 404, Taiwan, ext. 3001 Fax +886-4-22365141, Email hungrongyen@mail.cmu.edu.twPurpose: Disability is the comorbidity of dementia for which there is no available preventive measure. …”
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