Quality of life and self-care in elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases: The effect of a Traditional Chinese Medicine health educational intervention.

Aims: To explore the effects of a Traditional Chinese Medicine health educational intervention on the quality of life and self-care agency of elderly patients living with chronic cardiovascular disease.

Background: Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The secondary prevention and treatment for chronic cardiovascular disease emphasize the importance of lifestyle modification.

[Protective effects of Curcumin analogue L6H4 on kidney from type 2 diabetic rats].

Objective: To investigate the protective effect of curcumin analogue L6H4 on the kidney from the type 2 diabetic rats.

Methods: Twenty-four SPF male SD rats were randomly divided into 3 groups(=8):normal control group(NC),diabetes mellitus group(DM) and DM+L6H4-treatment group(DT). After rats were fed with high-fat diet for 4 weeks, both the DM and DT groups were injected with streptozotocin intraperitoneally to induce type 2 diabetes mellitus models.

[The effects of DEHP on morphology and function of progenitor Leydig cell in rat].

Objective: To investigate the effects and mechanisms of diethylhexylphthalate (DEHP) on morphology and function of progenitor Leydig cells (PLC) in rats.

Methods: Twenty pregnant SD rats were randomly divided into 4 groups ( n = 5): normal control group, DEHP low dose group , middle dose group, and high dose group, which were treated from postnatal day (PND) 1 to PND 21 of the pubs with DEHP at the doses of 0, 10, 100, 750 mg/(kg · d) in 0.5 ml of corn oil by gavage respectively.

[Protective effect of curcumin derivative B06 on kidney of type 2 diabetic rats].

Objective: To observe the effect and mechanism of curcumin derivative B06 on kidney from rats with hyperlipidemia and type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Thirty five male SD rats were randomly divided into five groups(n = 7): the normal control group, high-fat group, high-fat + B06-treatd group, diabetic group, diabetic + B06-treated group. After fed with high-fat diet for 4 weeks, the later two groups were in- jected with streptozotocin intraperitoneally to induce type 2 diabetes mellitus.

[The effect and mechanism of curcumin derivative B06 on the myocardium from type 2 diabetic rats].

Objective: To investigate the protective effect and mechanism of curcumin derivatives B06 on myocardium from type 2 diabetic rats.

Methods: Thirty-five male SD rats were randomly divided into 5 groups, normal control group (NC group), high fat group (HF group), high fat treatment group (FT group), diabetes mellitus group (DM group) and diabetes treatment group (DT group) (n = 7). The late four groups were fed with high fat food, after four weeks of high fat feeding, the rats from DM group and DT group were injected with low dosage of streptozocin intraperitoneally to induce diabetes mellitus, FT group and DT group were gavaged with curcumin derivatives B06 at the dosage of 0.

[Risk factors related to mental disorder in patients with craniocerebral injury].

Objective: To explore the correlation between mental disorder and craniocerebral injury, and notifying its related risk factors.

Methods: 342 patients from Sep. 2008 to Sep.

Omentin-1 attenuates arterial calcification and bone loss in osteoprotegerin-deficient mice by inhibition of RANKL expression.

Aims: Omentin-1 (also known as intelectin-1) is a recently identified visceral adipose tissue-derived cytokine that is inversely related to obesity. Our previous study showed that omentin-1 inhibits osteoblastic differentiation of calcifying vascular smooth muscle cells (CVSMCs) in vitro. This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of omentin-1 on arterial calcification and bone metabolism in vivo.