Illness anxiety, infertility stress, resilience and thyroid-stimulating hormone among infertile people undergoing ART treatment in China.

Objective: Infertile people undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment in China may experience severe infertility-related stress and illness anxiety (IA). However, little relevant research has been conducted until now.

Design: This study investigated the IA of 340 infertile people undergoing ART treatment, including 43 males, 292 females and 5 who preferred not to answer, in 2 tertiary general public hospitals in Wen Zhou, China.

Cruciferous vegetable consumption and the risk of pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis.

Background: Previous studies regarding the association between cruciferous vegetable intake and pancreatic cancer risk have reported inconsistent results. We conducted a meta-analysis to demonstrate the potential association between them.

Methods: A systematic literature search of papers was conducted in March 2014 using PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science, and the references of the retrieved articles were screened.

[Free deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap techniques for the immediate post modified radial mastectomy reconstruction].

Objective: To discuss the feasibility and method of immediate breast reconstruction right after modified radical mastectomy in early breast carcinoma patients.

Methods: Deep inferior epigastric artery perforation flaps were immediately applied on patients to reconstruct the breast after the skin-sparing mastectomy. The breasts were shaped after the deep inferior epigastric artery and vein were anastomosed to the thoracodorsal artery and vein.