BACKGROUND:Kidney-nourishing and blood activating Chinese herbs in the No. Ⅰ recipe for ostooarthritis have the effects of treating osteoarthritis and preventing the side effect of glucocorticoid.OBJECTIVE: To build up rabbit chondrocyte culture system in vitro to investigate the effect of preventive effect of No. Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis on chondrocyte injury by hydrocortisone.DESIGN:A complete randomized design and controlled trial.SETTING: Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Second Hospital of Fujian ProvinceMATERIALS:The experiment was conducted from November 2003 to March 2004 at the Molecular Laboratory of Department of Orthopedics &Grammatology, Fujian College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. No. Ⅰrecipe for osteoarthritis consisted of Herba Epimedii, Radix Morindae Officinalis, Rhizoma Ligustic Chuanxiong, Radix Notoginseng and Daphne geraldii Nitsche. Articular cartilage was digested with collagenase Ⅱ ,chondrocyte culture system in vitro was built up, then in the culture system the different concentrations of the mixture of No. Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis and hydrocortisone were added, according to the concentrations they were at random divided into two groups. One group was added 1.25 g/L hydrocortisone and/or 150 g/L No. Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis, the other group was added 2.50 g/L hydrocortisone and/or 300 g/L No. Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis. Each group was again subdivided as control, hydrocortisone, hydrocortisone + No. Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis and No. Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis groups, with 5 wells in each subgroup.teoarthritis group: In each well 0.1 mL mixture of 1.25 g/L hydrocortihydrocortisone group: In each well 0.1 mL mixture of phosphate buffer teoarthritis group: In each well No. 1 recipe for osteoarthritis 0.1mL was In each well 0.1 mL mixture of 2.50 g/L hydrocortisone and 300 g/L No.each well 0.1mL mixture of phosphate buffer and 2.50 g/L hydrocortisone after medicines were added, the morphological change of chondrocyte in all (A) value in each well was assayed with tetrazoline colorimetry as reflection of proliferation of the chondrocyte. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Influence of No. Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis combined with hydrocortisone on chondrocyte proliferation in rabbits.croscope that the chondrocytes in the control group were mostly in multiangles or shuttle-like, and adhesive growth; those cultured for 24 hours with 1.25 and 2.50 g/L hydrocortisone were in pyknosis or flotation state.;those in the various concentrations of hydrocortisone +No. Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis, and No. Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis groups were mostly in multiangles or shuttle-like, and adhesive growth, without difference with those in 1.25 g/L hydrocortisone group than in the control group(0.007 6±0.0018,0.015 2±0.002 6,t=5.374 0,P＜0.01);it was obviously higher in the 1.25 g/L hydrocortisone +150 g/L .No. Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis and 150 g/L No. Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis groups than in the 1.25 g/L hydrocortisone group (0.065 6±0.016 9, 0.086 6±0.019 0, t=7.630 9, 9.255 9,P＜0.01); it was obviously lower in the 2.50g/L hydrocortisone group than in the control group 2(0.005 3±0.001 4,0.015 3±0.002 3 ,t=8.304 5,P＜0.01) ;it was obviously higher in the 2.50 g/L hydrocortisone +300 g/L No. Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis and 300 g/L No. Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis groups than in the 2.50 g/L hydrocortisone group (0.085 8±0.015 0,0.092 6 ±0.016 8, t=11.948 3,11.579 4, P ＜ 0.01).CONCLUSION :Hydrocortisone in higher concentration could cause serious injury or death of chondrocytes, however the chondrocyte grew well cultured in the mixture of hydrocortisone and traditional Chinese drug, No.Ⅰ recipe for osteoarthritis had the effect of preventing injury of chondrocyte from hydrocortisone.

Endothelial Cells ; pathology ; Endothelium, Vascular ; cytology ; pathology ; Humans ; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome ; pathology

Background: Recovery of maternal milk source is an urgent matter of many mothers in the breast feeding duration. Spinal hitting method of Nguyen Tham Tan has been applied on a lot of women lacked milk after giving birth but until now, there has not any resrearch on the method. Objectives: 1. To assess lactation effect resulting from spinal hitting method. 2. To evaluated effects of the method on milk quality and the concentration of prolactine in blood. Subjects and methods: 33 mothers who are lack milk after giving birth have been hit at points on their spine as follows: CS, C6, D2, L2-L3. These patients were treated during 15 days with one time a day, hitting duration of every time - 15 minutes. The study used open clinical method in comparison with the obtaining effects between pre and post reproducing. Results: Amount of breast milk per minute increases from 1.52ml \xb10.37ml (before treatment) to 2.20\xb10.42ml (after treatment). Number of children's feeding decreases and the concentrations of protein, lipid and glucose as well as vital elements in milk increase after treatment. The concentration of prolactine in blood increases from 2755.16m\xb5/ml (before treatment) to 3763.16m\xb5/ml (after treatment). Conclusion: Spinal hitting method has the effects of lactation, increase in prolactine concentration in bloods and positive effects on milk quality. \r\n", u'\r\n', u'\r\n', u'
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Objective To explore the relationship between insulin resistance (IR) and the activity of plasmingin activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) in acute and recovery phases of the patients with arteriosclerotic cerebral infarction (ACI).Methods The levels of fasting serum glucose and free serum insulin were examined, while the activity of tissue-type plasmingin activator (t-PA) and PAI-1 were determined in 91 ACI patients and 40 healthy controls. Insulin sensitivity index (ISI) was estimated by the negative natural logarithm of the verse of fasting serum glucose and insulin product.Results In the acute and recovery phases of the patients with ACI,compared with healthy control group the levels of fasting serum glucose, insulin and activity of PAI-1 were much higher ( P

Objective To explore the impact of a“one-week”staged multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus culprit-only PCI on deaths and major adverse cardiac events (MACE). Methods We retrospectively analyzed 447 patients with multivessel disease who experienced a ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) within 12 h before undergoing PCI between July 26, 2008 and Septem-ber 25, 2011. After completion of PCI in the infarct artery, 201 patients still in the hospital agreed to undergo PCI in non-infarct arteries with more than 70%stenosis for a“one-week”staged multivessel PCI. A total of 246 patients only received intervention for the culprit vessel. Follow-up ended on September 9, 2014. This study examined the differences in deaths from any cause (i.e., cardiac and noncardiac) and MACE between the two treatment groups. Results Compared to a culprit-only PCI treatment approach, the“one-week”staged multivessel PCI was strongly associated with greater benefits for 55-month all cause death [41 (16.7%) vs.13 (6.5%), P=0.004] and MACE [82 (33.3%) vs. 40 (19.9%), P=0.002] rates. In addition, there were significant differences in the number of myocardial infarctions [43 (17.5%) vs. 20 (10.0%), P=0.023], coronary-artery bypass grafting [CABG;20 (8.1%) vs. 6 (3.0%), P=0.021], and PCI [31 (12.6%) vs. 12 (6.0%), P=0.018]. Patients undergoing culprit-only PCI compared to“one-week”PCI had the same number of stent thrombosis events [7 (2.8%) vs. 3 (1.5%), P=0.522]. Conclusions Compared to a culprit-only PCI treatment approach,“one-week”staged multi-vessel PCI was a safe and effective selection for STEMI and multi-vessel PCI.

We investigated health condition and evaluate the viability of Barthel's measuring scale for 1297 elder patients at 17 nursing homes.We nursed all patients by standards and performed a comparison study.The nursing percentages of highest and lowest levels were higher than the previous ones ( P ＜ 0.01 ),while the nursing percentage of normal level was lower than the previous one ( P ＜ 0.01 ).The cooperation between doctors and nurses became optimized through progressive patient care.Ideal nursing standard should be based upon the doctors' judgment and nurses' evaluation.The new standard will be more suitable for patients and easier to control for nurses.

Objective: To investigate the current awareness of core knowledge about cancer prevention and its influencing factors among residents in Zhejiang Province, in order to provide a reference for formulating provincial health education strategies of cancer prevention. Methods : From November 2019 to October 2020, the permanent residents aged 18-74 years in Zhejiang Province were selected using multi-stage stratified sampling method. A questionnaire was designed according to Core Information and Knowledge on Cancer Prevention to collect general information, health status, and awareness of core knowledge about cancer prevention. The multivariate logistic regression model was used to analyze the influencing factors. Results: Among 6 974 valid respondents, 3 139 ( 45.01% ) were males and 3 835 ( 54.99% ) were females. The overall awareness rate of core knowledge about cancer prevention was 74.66%; the awareness rates of basic knowledge, risk factors and primary prevention, screening and early diagnosis as well as treatment and rehabilitation were 79.08%, 80.83%, 76.08% and 82.99%, respectively. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the residents who were in rural areas ( OR=0.659, 95%CI: 0.585-0.743 ), ≥45 years old ( OR: 0.794-0.801, 95%CI: 0.655-0.981 ) and with obesity (OR=0.531, 95%CI: 0.436-0.647) had lower awareness rates, while the residents who were with an educational level of junior high school/technical school/senior high school or above ( OR: 1.390-4.361, 95%CI: 1.208-5.600 ), married (OR=1.414, 95%CI: 1.142-1.752), administrative/technical personnel ( OR=2.602, 95%CI: 2.005-3.377 ), service staff/private business owners ( OR=1.368, 95%CI: 1.111-1.684), retired ( OR=1.345, 95%CI: 1.105-1.639 ) and others ( OR=1.542, 95%CI: 1.295-1.838 ), and with experience of cancer screening or examination ( OR=1.267, 95%CI: 1.123-1.428 ) had higher awareness rates. Conclusions The awareness rate of core knowledge about cancer prevention in Zhejiang Province is 74.66%. Health education for the residents aged ≥45 years, living in rural areas, having low educational levels, and having obesity should be

OBJECTIVETo investigate the effect of epidermal stem cells from human hypertrophic scar (HS-ESCs) on the skin wound healing in nude mice.

METHODS40 mice were randomly divided into two groups as experimental group (n = 20) and control group (n = 20). Wounds, 1 cm in diameters, were made on every mouse back. The wounds were treated with HS-ESCs and erythromycin ointment in experimental group, or only with erythromycin ointment in control group. The wound healing was observed during the following 14 days. The expression of collagen-I, collagen-III, epidermal growth factor (EGF), fibroblast growth factor (FGF2) , transforming growth factor (TGFbeta1, and TGFbeta2) were studied.

RESULTSThe wound healing time in the experimental group was (20.8 +/- 0.84) d, which was (25.6 +/- 0.89) d in the control group. HE staining revealed that the extent of vascularization in the experimental group was 11.60 +/- 0.55, while it was 8.04 +/- 0.33 in the control group. Immunochemistry analysis showed the expression of collagen-I, collagen-III, EGF, FGF2, TGFbeta1, and TGFbeta2 in the experimental group were significantly higher, compared with those in control group (P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONHS-ESCs may promote wound healing through enhancement of the vascularization of the wound tissue and the expression of growth factors.

Animals ; Cicatrix, Hypertrophic ; pathology ; Epidermis ; cytology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Nude ; Skin ; injuries ; Stem Cell Transplantation ; Stem Cells ; Wound Healing

Post-marketing evaluation is a process which evaluate the risks and benefits of drug clinical application comprehensively and systematically, scientific and systematic results of post-marketing evaluation not only can provide data support for clinical application of traditional Chinese medicine, but also can be a reliable basis for the supervision department to develop risk control measures. With the increasing demands for treatment and prevention of disease, traditional Chinese medicine has been widely used, and security issues are also exposed. How to find risk signal of traditional Chinese medicine in the early stages, carry out targeted evaluation work and control risk timely have become challenges in the development of traditional Chinese medicine industry.
Drug Evaluation ; methods ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional

Traditional Chinese medicine Polygoni Multiflori Radix is dried roots of Polygonaceae Polygortum multiflorum Thunb. Its clinical application records were first discovered in literatures of the Tang dynasty. The origins, efficacy, toxicity, processing and taboos of Polygoni Multiflori Radix have been discussed in many ancient herb literatures. In recent years, with the increase in the public awareness in health, Polygoni Multiflori Radix admits preparations have been more widely applied in the treatment and prevention of diseases. However, there have been more and more reports about Polygoni Multiflori Radix induced liver injury, the safety of Polygoni Multiflori Radix has increasingly attracted attention of the society. In this paper, the authors summarized and analyzed the toxicity and medication risk factors of Polygoni Multiflori Radix recorded in ancient herb literatures, and proposed that more attention shall be given to the effect of the planting and processing methods on the components and toxicity of Polygoni Multiflori Radix in safety studies, which provides clues for the further studies.
China ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; adverse effects ; history ; History, Ancient ; Humans ; Medicine in Literature ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; history ; Polygonum ; adverse effects ; Risk Assessment