Health Promotion ; Humans ; Occupational Health

ObjectiveTo evaluate the efficacy and safety of Qingpeng ointment in the treatment of chronic eczema.MethodsTotally,95 patients with chronic eczema were enrolled and divided into 3 groups to receive topical Qingpeng ointment (n =33),0.2％ hydrocortisone cream (n =32),10％ urea ointment (n =30) respectively twice a day for 4 weeks.All the patients were followed up once a week for the evaluation of therapeutic and side effects.ResultsAfter 4-week treatment,the response rate was 78.8％,84.4％ and 46.7％ in the Qingpeng ointment-,hydrocortisone cream- and urea ointment-treated patients respectively.Significant differences were observed in the response rate between the Qingpeng ointment- and urea ointment-treated patients (P ＜ 0.05 ),but not between the hydrocortisone cream- and Qingpeng ointment-treated patients (P ＞0.05).Skin flushing with a sensation of burning was observed at the application sites of 2 patients treated with Qingpeng ointment,and tingling sensation at the application sites was reported in 1 patient treated with hydrocortisone cream.All of these adverse reactions were tolerable and had no influence on the treatment.Conclusion Topical Qingpeng ointment is effective and safe for the treatment of chronic eczema.

There is no radical cure for essential thrombocythemia currently. Professor SUN Xue-mei has extensive clinical experience in treating it by combined therapy of Chinese and Western medicine. In this paper, authors tried to summarize her experience from guiding ideology and therapeutic points. Authors insisted on the direction of integrative medicine on the basis of syndrome differentiation, paying attention to psychological counseling,and applied individual treatment in clinics.
Acupuncture Therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Integrative Medicine ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional

Objectives To identify the related knowledge,attitude and behavior of drug of Xi'an adolescents and provide the evidence for establishment of intervention measures. Methods A conve-nience sampling method was used to select 1224 adolescents from grade one of junior middle school to grade three of senior middle school in 4 middle schools in Xi'an. A set of questionnaires were used to col-lect the data on knowledge, attitude and behavior of drug. All data were analyzed by SPSS 11.5. Results Mean score of drug knowledge was (22.45±9.77) and mean score of attitude to drug was (58.82±6.85). A-mong the investigation objects, 16 people (1.4%) admitted having used drug. Conclusions The adoles-cents don't have sufficient knowledge for the relation between infectious disease and drug abuse, and the difficulty of detoxification. The adolescents had a positive attitude towards drug. The adolescents' behavior of using drug should be attached importance to by school and parents.

Objective To observe the effect of coronary artery disease on QT dispersion (QTd). Methods The QTd and QTcd in 245 patients underwent percutaneous coronary angiography (CAG) were analyzed. It was evaluated The relations between the QTd and the degree of coronary stenosis and the number of disease vessels. Results The QTd and QTcd were significantly prolonged in patients with coronary artery stenosis than those in patients with normal coronary artery(P0.05). Conclusion There is no relation between the number of disease coronary artery and the QTd.

OBJECTIVE To investigate and analyze the application of prophylactic antibiotics in perioperation period in our hospital.METHODS According to the designed table with unified contents and standards,a retrospective investigation was made in 325 patients who had been discharged from our hospital.RESULTS Of the 325 patients in our study,antimicrobials use in 281 patients was rational,44 patients had irrational antimicrobials use.CONCLUSIONS The results show that it is very important to strengthen and improve the management of the antimicrobials use in a normal and standard way in our hospital.

AIM:To explore the regulatory effect of microRNA-3666 (miR-3666) on the expression of its tar-get gene phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN) in leukemic cells.METHODS: miR-3666 expression levels in normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells and leukemic cells were determined by quantitative real-time PCR.miR-3666 targeting PTEN 3'-untranslated region (3'UTR) was predicted by TargetScan software .3'UTR of PTEN was inserted in the dual luciferase reporter vector psiCHECK 2.The reporter activity was evaluated by the Dual-Lu-ciferase Reporter Assay System after the luciferase promoter vector and miRNA were co -transfected into HEK293T cell line. K562 cells were transfected with synthetic miR-3666 inhibitor ( anti-miR-3666) or a synthetic control miRNA ( anti-miR-C) .The expression of PTEN protein in the above transfected K 562 cells was determined by Western blotting .RESULTS:miR-3666 was up-regulated in the human leukemic cell lines and primary leukemic cells compared to normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells .The results of dual luciferase assays validated PTEN as a specific target gene of miR-3666.Inhi-bition of miR-3666 resulted in an up-regulation of PTEN protein expression in the K 562 cells.CONCLUSION:miR-3666 is over-expressed in leukemic cells .The abnormal over-expression of miR-3666 may play a key role in leukemia due to the down-regulation of PTEN .

The effects of pretreatment methods of Jerusalem artichoke tubers on microbial lipids fermentation with an oleaginous yeast strain Rhodosporidium toruloides Y4 were investigated in shaking flask culture.The yeast strain accumulated substantial amount of lipids using either purple-or white-skinned Jerusalem artichoke tubers as sole carbon and energy source.When cells were cultured on the extracted juice or the acidhydrolysate,cellular lipid content reached 40%(w/w),while cultured on the pulp,the white-skinned tubershadhigher lipid productivity,yielding 12.1 g lipids per100 g dried tubers.Major fatty acid constituents of microbial lipids were those contained 16-and 18-carbon atoms based on GC analysis,which is quite similar to traditional vegetable oil.Microbial lipids prepared from Jerusalem artichoke can be applied to biodiesel production.

OBJECTIVETo study the distribution of Chinese syndrome type in patients with primary osteoporosis (POP) and its relationship with bone fracture.

METHODSMaterials of 180 POP patients who visited Xiyuan Hospital were investigated, their incidence of bone fracture observed and Chinese syndrome types differentiated. And the outcomes were analyzed statistically using SPSS 13.0.

RESULTSThe morbidity of POP in female was higher than that in male, the sex ratio (M/F) being 1:3 (41 cases vs 139 cases). Chinese syndrome type distribution in the POP patients was: Shen-deficiency syndrome (SDS) type in 7.8% patients (14 cases), Pi-Shen deficiency syndrome (PSDS) type in 21.7% (39 cases), Pi-Shen deficiency and blood-stasis syndrome (PBS) type in 70.6% (127 cases), the difference of partition between types was significant (P < 0.05). Bone fracture had occurred in 12.78% (23 cases) of patients, the occurrence in patients with different types was 4.34%, 17.39%, and 78.26%, respectively. Incidence of bone fracture was also different in patients of various age section, being 5.3% in 50-59 years section, up to 15.0% in 60-69 years section (P < 0.05), and down to 12.24% in 70-80 years Section.

CONCLUSIONThe risk of bone fracture in POP patients of PBS type is higher than that in those with SDS or PSDS type, and 60-69 years is the high risk age section of bone fracture in POP patients.

Age Distribution ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Bone Density ; Female ; Fractures, Bone ; epidemiology ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Middle Aged ; Osteoporosis ; complications ; diagnosis ; Sex Distribution

Aerosols ; Antiviral Agents ; administration & dosage ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Herpangina ; drug therapy ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Ribavirin ; administration & dosage