Acupuncture Therapy ; Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Olfaction Disorders ; physiopathology ; therapy ; Smell

OBJECTIVE: To provide reference for the control of drug costs in China. METHODS: Present problems on drug were analyzed. The measures and effect of market mechanisms and policy interventions were analyzed referring to foreign experience on the control of drug expenses. RESULTS & CONCLUSION: Because drugs are a special kind of commodity, the combination and complementarity between market mechanisms and policy interventions can effectively control drug costs.

Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy as a bridge between theoretical courses and clinical practice of acupuncture and moxibustion, is important. As the main part ofAcupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy, the training course deals with case analysis, inquiry training and simulation, clinical treatment ability training etc, in order to realize seamless docking classroom and clinical.

Objective To observe the clinical effect of treating refractory ascites by intermittent cycle ascites reinfusion.Methods Having 30 refractory ascites patients of both chronic renal failure and maintenance hemodialysis(MHD),treating them 102 times by intermittent close ascites reinfusion and synchronous hemodialysis,having reinfusion ascites 3000～5000ml each time,checking the change of serum creatinine(Scr),blood urea nitrogen(Bun),and serum albumin before and after hemodialysis(HD) by blood-test,and observing their temperature,weight,belly size,blood pressure,and pulse before and after treatment.Results After treatment,all the patients feel well,have good appetite,and have less swollen belly.The average treatment is 3.2 times.The table shows the patients' weight,belly size,serum albumin,serum creatinie and blood urea nitrogen(Bun) before and after treatment.The difference is obviously distinctive(P

Bone Neoplasms ; Chondrosarcoma ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Nasal Cavity ; pathology ; Nasal Septum ; pathology

Biomarkers ; Carcinogens ; Epigenesis, Genetic ; Humans

OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cumulative incidence of end-stage renal disease(ESRD)in Chinese hypertensive type2diabetic patients with microalbuminuria(DHM)treated with different regimes,and to provide reference for decision makers.METHODS:A peer-reviewed Markov model that simulated progression from microalbuminuria to nephropathy,dou?bling of serum creatinine,ESRD,and all-cause mortality in patients with DHM was adapted to China.Three strategies were compared:(1)early use of irbesartan(i.e.prompt treatment in subjects with microalbuminuria);(2)late use of irebesartan(i.e.as from overt nephropathy);(3)standard hypertension care(with comparable blood pressure control).Cumulative incidence of ESRD,costs and life expectancy were projected for a hypothetical cohort of1000subjects.Treatment-specific progression and mortality probabilities were derived from published trials:IRMA-2(in microalbuminuria)and IDNT(in overt nephropathy).Medical management and cost data per state were obtained from published local sources.A flexible time horizon up to25years and third party payer perspective were used.Future costs and LE were discounted at3%yearly.RESULTS:When compared with standard blood pressure control,early use of irbesartan was evaluated to reduce the cumulative incidence of ESRD from(mean?standard deviation)8%to22%,save RMB30348(US＄3667),and add0.638life years per treated patient.Late use of irbesartan was dominant over control group but dominated by early irbesartan.Break-even occurred after13years.CON?CLUSION:Treating DHM patients by early use of irbesartan is evaluated to reduce the incidence of ESRD,extend life and reduce costs.Treating patients at a later stage is still beneficial,however to a lower extent.

Objective To evaluate the lithotripsy efficiency of a newly calculi anchoring forceps in vitro.Methods Compared the efficiency with or without calculi anchoring forceps in the circumstances imitate percutaneous nephrolithotomy.There are 24 calculus for each group in random selection.The lithotripsy was completed by one people.the time,energy and retained calculus were compared by T-test.Results When the energy expenditure reaches 2 kJ,the operating time was (4.7 ± 0.9) min in group 1 and (4.2 ± 0.9) min in group 2 (P ＞ 0.05).The removal calculus showed no differences between the two groups (P ＞ 0.05).After the energy used over 2 k J,the operating time of the remained calculus were (4.5 ± 1.2) min in group 1 and (9.2 ± 2.6) min in group 2 respectively (P ＜ 0.05),and the energy consumed (1.7 ± 0.5) kJ and (2.6 ± 0.4) kJ respectively (P ＜ 0.05).Total energy consumed in group 1 and group2 was (3.7±0.5) kJ and (4.6±0.5) kJ (P＜0.05).And the cumulate time used was (9.2±1.7) min and (13.4 ±2.7) min in group 1 and group 2 respectively (P ＜0.05).Conclusions The calculi anchoring forceps can improve the efficiency of lithotripsy in vitro.The improvement was significant for the calculus whose diameter was smaller than lcm.

Some men over 50 may show the clinical symptoms similar to female menopause,so called male menopause syndrome.It discusses its concept,mechanism and appearance,TCM recognition and acupuncture to it as well.

Many researches show that the prognosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) are relatedtonumerousvariationsofbiomarkerssuchasnumericchromosomalaberrationsor nuclear/mitochondrialmicrosatelliteinstability.Inaddition, thechangesofproto-oncogeneand tumor-suppressor gene are found to influence the prognosis of GIST.The kit and platelet-derived growth factor receptor gene mutation are correlated with GIST progression,metastasis and targeted drug sensitivity,and then influence the prognosis of GIST.