Systemic analysis on risk factors for breast cancer related lymphedema.

Background: To evaluate risk factors for upper extremity lymphedema due to breast cancer surgery.

Materials And Methods: Clinical studies published on PubMed, Ovid, EMbase, and Cochrane Library from January 1996 to December 2012 were selected.

Results: Twenty-five studies were identified, including 12,104 patients.

[Study on the activity against influenza A virus with traditional Chinese medicine Kanggan granules].

Objective: To study the anti-influenza A virus effects of traditional Chinese medicine Kanggan granules in chicken embryo and BALB/c mice.

Methods: The influenza A virus (H(1)N(1), FM1) was used in the experiments. FM1 was cultured in chicken embryo and the anti-FM1 activity of Kanggan granules was evaluated through the post-medication hemagglutination titer of FM1.