[Objective]To study the antitussive and expectorant effects of aqueous extract of cudweed.[Method] The mice cough model induced by ammonia,guinea pig cough model induced by acitric acid and method of stimulating mouse’ trachea with phenol red were used in this experiment.[Results]The aqueous extract of cudweed significantly prolonged the tussive delitescence of mice,decreased the tussive times of guinea pigs and increased the secretion of mouse’ trachea induced by phenol red.[Conclusion]The antitussive and expectorant effect of cudweed was obvious.

Background and purpose:Paclitaxel and cisplatin were demonstrated to be effective and well-tolerated for advanced gastric cancer.The clinical efficacy of hyperthermic intraperitoneal perfusion(CHPP) has been established in numerous studies in recent years.The purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and toxicities of paclitaxel combined with CHPP with cisplatin in the treatment of patients with advanced gastric cancer.Methods:51 patients with advanced gastric cancer were randomized into systemic chemotherapy group(25 patients) who received paclitaxel 70 mg/m2,iv,1/wk?8wk,DDP 25 mg/m2,iv,d1-3,reapeated every 3 weeks for 4 cycles and systematic plus CHPP group(26 patients)who received paclitaxel 70 mg/m2,iv,1/wk?8wk,DDP 60 mg/m2,CHPP,d1,8,22,29,and abdomen hyperthermia treatment twice a week in the whole chemotherapy period.Results:The response rate(CR+PR),the clinical benefitial response(CBR) in systematic plus CHPP group were 65.4% and 92.3%,and those in systemic chemotherapy group were 36.0% and 68.0%.There was obviously a statistical difference between two groups(P0.05).The major toxicities were myelo-suppression and nausea/vomiting.There was no significant difference in side-effect between the two groups.Conclusions:Paclitaxel administered by weekly infusion combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal perfusion chemotheraphy with cisplatin in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer is effective and tolerable.It is worth studying in the future.

To observe the effect of acupuncture on simple adiposis, 121 cases of simple adiposis were divided into 6 groups and treated with acupuncture, dietotherapy and motortherapy. Weight and waistline were observed. Acupuncture had a markedly curative effect on adiposis and 97.8% patients after the treatment did not relapse.

The goal of China's health care insurance system is to improve the fairness and accessibility of health care services for low-income people. In the past 10 years of practice, the insurance has made remarkable a-chievements and gained popularity among broad masses of people. With the support of World Bank and UK Depart-ment for International Development, China Rural Health Development Project ( hereinafter referred as Health XI Project) have used the advantages of unique funding, management and human resources to launched a series of pro-ject activities, with the main goal of achieving effective convergence between the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) and Healthcare Financial Assistance Program (HCFAP) in order to explore the assistance system of catastrophic diseases. Some areas have achieved seamless convergence between NRCMS and HCFAP to explore the assis-tance program for catastrophic diseases in the context of confirming and optimizing the management of services covered by the project, especially conducting a series of exploration and practice activities in the aspects of increasing new funding channels to establish theCatastrophic Disease Assistance Fund, strengthening the related supporting regulations, etc. The results show that the utilization of services covered by HCFAP in the project has significantly improved, the protection level of health insurance has greatly improved, and the people satisfaction has significantly increased.

Background Poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy (DR),and Notch1 signal pathway is one of the important signal transduction pathways in the organism which may antagonize retinal vascular diseases.However,if Notch1 signaling pathway is involved in pathogenesis of DR has not been confirmed yet.Objective This study was to investigate the expressions of Notch1,Dll4,PARP-1,Akt,nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) and caspase-3 in the retina of diabetic mouse model and retinal vascular endothelial cells (RVECs) under the high glucose.Methods The expressions of Notch1,Dll4,PARP-1,Akt,NF-κB and caspase-3 in the retina of diabetic mouse models were investigated using immunochemistry and Western blot method after the diabetic mouse models were established.And these proteins were detected in retinal RVECs under the high glucose by Western blot.Results The expressions of Notch1,Dll4 and phosphorylated Akt (p-Akt) in retinas reduced significantly and simultaneously companied with increases of PARP-1 and caspase-3 in diabetic mice compared with normal mice (all at P＜0.05).However,no obvious change was found in the expression of NF-κB (P＞0.05).Expressions of Notch1 and p-Akt in RVECs increased with the increase of glucose concentration,but expressions of cleaved PARP-1 and caspase-3 decreased,especially in the 30 mmol/L group,showing significant differences in comparison with the normal control group (all at P＜0.05).But no altering of NF-κB expression was seen in the mice with diabetes mellitus.Conclusions The expressions of cleaved-PARP-1 and caspase-3 in the retinas is up-regulated,but the expressions of Notch1 and p-Akt are down-regulated in diabetic mice.

Purpose: To investigate the clinical effect of Yin-reinforcing and Blood-nourishing Drink plus electroacupuncture in the treatment of senile skin pruritus. Methods: Eighty patients were randomly divided into two groups. The treatment group was treated with Yin-reinforcing and Blood-nourishing Drink plus electroacupuncture and the control group, with Western medicine. Results: The total effective rate was 100.0% in the treatment group and 67.5% in the control group (P＜0.01). Conclusion: This therapy has a better effect on senile skin pruritus.

The most common metastatic site of prostate cancer is the bone, followed by the lung, bladder, liver, and adrenal gland. We report on a rare case of pancreatic metastasis from prostate cancer. A 52-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital with epigastric pain for 20 days. PET-CT showed malignant lesions in the prostate and pancreas, and prostate and pancreas puncture biopsies were performed, respectively. The patient was diagnosed as prostate cancer with pancreatic metastasis according to the pathological findings. After undergoing androgen deprivation therapy and docetaxel chemotherapy for 6 cycles, reexamination revealed that the pancreatic metastases had disappeared.

BCG Purified Protein Derivative (BCG-PPD)was isolated and purified from BCG Culture filtrate by trichloroacetic acid and ammonium sulfate methods. The purity of BCG-PPD was Similar to PPD-S(international standard) and PPD-C(China), but more than that of PPD-CT68 (Canada)and PPD-RT23(Danish). The Delayed-Type Hyperseusitivity(DTH) to BCG-PPD was more sensitivity than other PPD on BCG vaccinated guinea pigs, but less sensitivity than other PPD on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infected guinea pigs. The conversion rate and induration diameter to BCG-PPD was higher than PPD in 333 of 12 weeks after BCG vaccination newborns, but lower than that of other PPD in 97 tuberculosis patients. It was shown that DTH reaction to PPD was more sensitivity in Mycobacteria homogeneous strain vaccinated individual than Mycobacteria heterogeneous strain vaccinated individual. It was demonstrated that BCG-PPD was better than other PPD on observation conversion rates and induration diameter of BCG vaccinated individual. It maybe help to identification BCG vaccinated or tuberculosis infected with DTH of BCG-PPD and PPD in same individual.

Objective To observe the effect on Foxg1 gene expression in the subgranular zone (SGZ) of cerebral tissue from neonatal rats with hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD) after transplantation of neural stem cells (NSCs) derived from umbilical cord blood.Methods Mononuclear cells separated from umbilical cord blood by density gradient centrifugation were cultured with orientated induction to differentiate the NSCs.The neuronal phenotype was identified using immunocytochemical methods.A total of 150 Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into a sham-operation group,an HIBD group and an HIBD-NSCs group.Rats in the HIBD group and the HIBD-NSCs group were subject to ligation of the left carotid artery and then kept in a box under 8％ oxygen and 92％ nitrogen for 2.5 hours to establish the HIBD animal model.The artery was separated but not ligated in the sham operation group,which was not subjected to hypoxia.Twenty-four hours after the operation,the cultivated NSCs were transplanted by caudal vein injection into the rats in the HIBD-NSCs group.Rats were then sacrificed on the 3rd,7th,14th,21st and 28th days after the operation.Foxg1 gene expression in the SGZ was examined using in-situ hybridization methods.Results The number of Nestin-positive cells peaked on the 6th day of cultivation and then decreased by the 9th day.The Foxg1 gene was expressed in the SGZs of each group.The expression increased by the 3rd day after surgery in the HIBD and HIBD-NSCs groups,and peaked on 7th day after the operation,then declined gradually.The average expression level of Foxg1 in the HIBD group was significantly lower than that in the HIBD-NSCs group on the 7th day and thereafter.Conclusions Human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells can be induced and differentiated into neural stem cells.Foxg1 genes can still be present in the SGZ after birth.HIBD can induce the expression of Foxg1 genes.Transplanting NSCs can promote the expression of Foxg1 genes and improve morphological and functional recovery after HIBD,at least in neonatal rats.

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-I) on blood pressure in patients with hypertension comorbid with insomnia.Methods One hundred and six patients met the JNC-8 diagnostic criteria for hypertension and DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for insomnia were selected,and randomly assigned to CBT-I group (n=53) and regular treatment group (n=53).All the patients accepted relevant treatment for 8 consecutive weeks.Changes of systolic blood pressure (SBP),diastolic blood pressure (DBP),the sleep parameters and the anxiety and depression levels were observed between baseline and 8 weeks of follow-up.Results Compared with pre-treatment,SBP and DBP decreased significantly in both CBT-I group and regular treatment group (P＜0.01),the decrease was more significant in CBT-I group than in regular treatment group (P＜0.01).The sleep latency,sleep efficiency,bed time and rating anxiety scale were improved more significantly in CBT-I group than in regular treatment group (44.49 ± 22.75min vs.55.50 ± 34.96min;72.31％ ± 9.15％ vs.57.70％ ± 11.53％;302.65 ± 43.76min vs.262.70 ± 50.64min and 17.14 ± 6.45 vs.21.02 ± 6.64,respectively),the differences were of statistical significance (P＜0.05).In addition,no significant difference was found in the level of depression between CBT-I group and regular treatment group.Conclusion CBT-I can effectively shorten sleep latency,improve sleep efficiency,extend bed time and improve anxiety,meanwhile effectively lower the blood pressure of patients with hypertension comorbid with insomnia by optimizing sleep quality.