The occurrence of major emergencies often leads to environmental damage,property damage,health challenges and life threats.Despite the tremendous progress we have made in responding to the many challenges posed by dis...The occurrence of major emergencies often leads to environmental damage,property damage,health challenges and life threats.Despite the tremendous progress we have made in responding to the many challenges posed by disasters in recent years,there are still many shortcomings.As an emerging technology widely used in recent years,virtual reality(VR)technology is very suitable for many fields of disaster medicine,such as basic education,professional training,psychotherapy,etc.The purpose of this review article is to introduce the application of VR technology in the disaster medical field and prospect its trend in the future.展开更多
Urticaria,or hives,can be very annoying ormiserable due to its frequent recurrent attacks andresistance to treatment.The author used cuppingtherapy in 15 cases of this condition with satisfacto-ry results as reported ...Urticaria,or hives,can be very annoying ormiserable due to its frequent recurrent attacks andresistance to treatment.The author used cuppingtherapy in 15 cases of this condition with satisfacto-ry results as reported below.The age range of the patients was 18-35 years:the duration of disease,5 months to 2.5 years.Thesize of the cups chosen varied according to the sizeof the patient;the acupomt selected was展开更多
Recently,cases of severe acute hepatitis of unknown cause(SAHUC)in children have suddenly increased in the United States,the United Kingdom,and other countries.In order to understand the progress in the diagnosis and ...Recently,cases of severe acute hepatitis of unknown cause(SAHUC)in children have suddenly increased in the United States,the United Kingdom,and other countries.In order to understand the progress in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease,and to prepare for the relevant plans in advance,the“Expert Symposium on the Severe Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Cause in Children”was successfully held on May 13,2022,online organized by Beijing Children's Hospital(BCH),Capital Medical University,Beijing Institute of Pediatrics Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine,Futang Research Center of Pediatric Development,and Branch of Hepatobiliary Diseases,China Association of Chinese Medicine.More than 9200 people watched the meeting online.Professors Yan Hu,Yan Yang,and Jing Hao,from the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM),BCH,Capital Medical University,hosted the symposium.展开更多
Hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor of cardiovascular diseases,which have been managed using statin drugs.Red yeast rice(RYR)as a traditional food in the Eastern Asia countries has anti-hyperlipidemia activity.Recen...Hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor of cardiovascular diseases,which have been managed using statin drugs.Red yeast rice(RYR)as a traditional food in the Eastern Asia countries has anti-hyperlipidemia activity.Recently,a variety of food supplement products containing RYR have been developed to lower blood cholesterol,which is attributed to the presence of monacolins,especially monacolin K(lovastatin,a statin drug).This review was aimed to summarize the clinical trials using RYR products to investigate their effects on lipid profiles in humans.Relevant articles of human clinical trials were retrieved from PubMed and discussed here.Results showed that RYR and its extracts have been included in commercially available products alone and in combinations with various other materials,which include bioactive compounds such as coenzyme Q10 and berberine,vitamins,extracts from other plants such as phytosterols,polyunsaturated fatty acids or even probiotics.The durations of the trials ranged from 4 weeks to 60 months.The content of monacolin K ranged from 0.32 mg/pack to 10 mg/pack.The data of these human clinical trials demonstrated that these RYR supplement products were sufficient to reduce blood cholesterol in different populations.However,the inclusions of certain materials might not have additive effect.Additionally,studies including a lovastatin only positive control group with the equivalent dose as that of monacolin K in the RYR products remain to be done.Furthermore,variations of monacolin K contents and presence of toxic citrinin are still concerns.Last,bioactivities of other components in RYR should be investigated as well.More future studies will certainly help to fully explore the potentials of this traditional food in the combat against cardiovascular and other metabolic diseases.展开更多
基金This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81974355)Major Project of Technological Innovation of Hubei(No.2018AAA067)Excellent Projects Funded by Science and Technological of Returned Students from Ministry of Personnel and Social Affairs(No.2016-176).
文摘The occurrence of major emergencies often leads to environmental damage,property damage,health challenges and life threats.Despite the tremendous progress we have made in responding to the many challenges posed by disasters in recent years,there are still many shortcomings.As an emerging technology widely used in recent years,virtual reality(VR)technology is very suitable for many fields of disaster medicine,such as basic education,professional training,psychotherapy,etc.The purpose of this review article is to introduce the application of VR technology in the disaster medical field and prospect its trend in the future.
文摘Urticaria,or hives,can be very annoying ormiserable due to its frequent recurrent attacks andresistance to treatment.The author used cuppingtherapy in 15 cases of this condition with satisfacto-ry results as reported below.The age range of the patients was 18-35 years:the duration of disease,5 months to 2.5 years.Thesize of the cups chosen varied according to the sizeof the patient;the acupomt selected was
文摘Recently,cases of severe acute hepatitis of unknown cause(SAHUC)in children have suddenly increased in the United States,the United Kingdom,and other countries.In order to understand the progress in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease,and to prepare for the relevant plans in advance,the“Expert Symposium on the Severe Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Cause in Children”was successfully held on May 13,2022,online organized by Beijing Children's Hospital(BCH),Capital Medical University,Beijing Institute of Pediatrics Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine,Futang Research Center of Pediatric Development,and Branch of Hepatobiliary Diseases,China Association of Chinese Medicine.More than 9200 people watched the meeting online.Professors Yan Hu,Yan Yang,and Jing Hao,from the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM),BCH,Capital Medical University,hosted the symposium.
基金the Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation for the research grant(#466)to G.Chen.
文摘Hypercholesterolemia is a risk factor of cardiovascular diseases,which have been managed using statin drugs.Red yeast rice(RYR)as a traditional food in the Eastern Asia countries has anti-hyperlipidemia activity.Recently,a variety of food supplement products containing RYR have been developed to lower blood cholesterol,which is attributed to the presence of monacolins,especially monacolin K(lovastatin,a statin drug).This review was aimed to summarize the clinical trials using RYR products to investigate their effects on lipid profiles in humans.Relevant articles of human clinical trials were retrieved from PubMed and discussed here.Results showed that RYR and its extracts have been included in commercially available products alone and in combinations with various other materials,which include bioactive compounds such as coenzyme Q10 and berberine,vitamins,extracts from other plants such as phytosterols,polyunsaturated fatty acids or even probiotics.The durations of the trials ranged from 4 weeks to 60 months.The content of monacolin K ranged from 0.32 mg/pack to 10 mg/pack.The data of these human clinical trials demonstrated that these RYR supplement products were sufficient to reduce blood cholesterol in different populations.However,the inclusions of certain materials might not have additive effect.Additionally,studies including a lovastatin only positive control group with the equivalent dose as that of monacolin K in the RYR products remain to be done.Furthermore,variations of monacolin K contents and presence of toxic citrinin are still concerns.Last,bioactivities of other components in RYR should be investigated as well.More future studies will certainly help to fully explore the potentials of this traditional food in the combat against cardiovascular and other metabolic diseases.
