This article briefly reviewed the history of intermittent catheterization, focusing on the types, size and characteristics of catheter, especially the improvement of materials and design in recent years in order to relieve patients' discomfort while catheterizing, and reduce incidence of complication. Incidence and common bacteria of urinary tract infections were related to the method of bladder management. Clean intermittent catheterization was acknowledged to be the safest and most effective method of bladder management. A large number of studies demonstrated that hydrophilic-coated catheter could reduce the injury to urinary tract, contributed to the decrease in urinary tract infections.

Zebrafish has unique advantages over other animal models in the aspect of drug screens for active ingredients and gains more and more attentions in drug research and development recently. Thus, this article reviews the recent advance of zebrafish-based drug screens in Chinese traditional medicine (TCM) effective part research, monomer drug screening, activity evaluation of natural products, discovery of new uses for old drugs, and toxicity assessment in early-phase drug discovery.
Animals ; Drug Evaluation, Preclinical ; instrumentation ; methods ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; pharmacology ; Models, Animal ; Zebrafish ; growth & development

Anoctamin-1 ; Antineoplastic Agents ; administration & dosage ; Benzamides ; Biomarkers, Tumor ; metabolism ; Chloride Channels ; Drug Delivery Systems ; methods ; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; therapy ; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors ; genetics ; metabolism ; pathology ; therapy ; Humans ; Imatinib Mesylate ; Indoles ; administration & dosage ; Membrane Proteins ; metabolism ; Neoplasm Proteins ; metabolism ; Piperazines ; administration & dosage ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit ; metabolism ; Pyrimidines ; administration & dosage ; Pyrroles ; administration & dosage ; Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha ; genetics ; metabolism ; Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ; metabolism

Child ; Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome ; Humans

Aged ; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols ; therapeutic use ; CD4 Antigens ; metabolism ; CD56 Antigen ; metabolism ; Cyclophosphamide ; therapeutic use ; Dendritic Cells ; pathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Doxorubicin ; therapeutic use ; Female ; Humans ; Leukemia, Myeloid ; metabolism ; pathology ; Lymphoma, Extranodal NK-T-Cell ; metabolism ; pathology ; Plasmacytoma ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; pathology ; Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma ; metabolism ; pathology ; Prednisone ; therapeutic use ; Skin Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; metabolism ; pathology ; Vincristine ; therapeutic use

Humans ; Photography ; methods ; Surgery, Oral

Humans ; Photography ; methods ; Surgery, Oral

Objective To explore the effects of Stilnox on the blood pressure and quality of life(QOL)in pa- tients with hypertension and insomnia.Methods 80 patients with hypertension and insomnia were received am- lodipine(5mg qd)as control group and amlodipine(5mg qd)plus stilnox(10mg qn)as treatment group in visit order for 8 weeks'follow up.Values of blood pressure were recorded and QOL data were assessed at the beginning and end of therapy with questionnaire.Results Blood pressure was significantly reduced in both groups(P