Transgenerational associations of parental famine exposure in early life with offspring risk of adult obesity in China.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the transgenerational associations between exposure to famine in early life and obesity.

Methods: This study used the longitudinal data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey from 1989 to 2015. A total of 1113 fathers and 1207 mothers (946 mother-father pairs) born in 1955 to 1966 and 1895 adult offspring were included.

Differential physiological, transcriptomic and metabolomic responses of Arabidopsis leaves under prolonged warming and heat shock.

Background: Elevated temperature as a result of global climate warming, either in form of sudden heatwave (heat shock) or prolonged warming, has profound effects on the growth and development of plants. However, how plants differentially respond to these two forms of elevated temperatures is largely unknown. Here we have therefore performed a comprehensive comparison of multi-level responses of Arabidopsis leaves to heat shock and prolonged warming.

Colorectal Cancer Screening Modalities in Chinese Population: Practice and Lessons in Pudong New Area of Shanghai, China.

Parallel test of risk stratification and two-sample qualitative fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) are used to screen colorectal cancer (CRC) in Shanghai, China. This study was designed to identify an optimal initial screening modality based on available data. A total of 538,278 eligible residents participated in the program during the period of January 2013 to June 2017.

[A case-control study on the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome with needle Dao].

Objective: To study clinical effects of needle Dao for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Methods: From July 2014 to December 2016, 60 patients with carpal tunnel syndrome were divided into two groups: needle Dao treatment group(treatment group), and brace and medicine treatment group(control group), 30 cases in each group. There were 8 males and 22 females in the treatment group, with an average age of (49.

A systematic review of cross-cultural adaptation of the neck disability index.

Study Design: Systematic review of cross-cultural adaptation.

Objective: To perform a systematic review of cross-cultural adaptations of the Neck Disability Index (NDI) and to give a critical assessment to improve its translation.

Summary Of Background Data: The NDI is used to assess functional capacity and physical activity in patients with neck pain, but the quality of its cross-cultural adaptations has not been systematically reviewed.

Systematic review of randomized clinical trials of acupressure therapy for primary dysmenorrhea.

The evidence of acupressure is limited in the management of dysmenorrhea. To evaluate the efficacy of acupressure in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs), we searched MEDLINE, the Chinese Biomedical Database (CBM), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) databases from inception until March 2012. Two reviewers independently selected articles and extracted data.

Meridian essence: modern thought.

Meridian essence has been investigated through anatomy, electrophysiology, biophysics, and biochemistry. Various hypotheses of meridian essence exist, but no hypothesis can truly reflect the internal character of Chinese medicine (CM). The research of meridian essence requires a holistic viewpoint and innovative awareness.

Acupuncture for chronic Achilles tendnopathy: a randomized controlled study.

Objective: To examine whether acupuncture treatment would improve outcome in chronic Achilles tendinopathy.

Methods: A randomized, controlled trial at two centers of 64 randomized patients aged 18 to 70 years with chronic Achilles tendinopathy was conducted from July 2007 to April 2010, with follow-up until October, 2010. These patients were randomly allocated into an acupuncture treatment group (acupuncture group) and an eccentric exercises group (control group).