Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
January 2024
Poor access to modern energy services, or energy poverty, continues to be a significant barrier to socioeconomic progress and well-being. The complicated connections between public investment, incentives, supplier chains, and the financial success of energy poverty alleviation efforts are explored in this paper. This research examines the history of eradicating energy poverty worldwide, particularly in China.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS) is a rare rectal disease with unknown etiology. Data on the genetic background in SRUS is lacking.
Case Summary: Here, we report the first case of SRUS in a mother-son relationship.
Tuberculosis is one of the main infectious diseases threatening public health, and the development of simple, rapid, and cost-saving methods for tuberculosis diagnosis is of profound importance for tuberculosis prevention and treatment. The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is the pathogen that causes tuberculosis, and assaying for MTB is the only criterion for tuberculosis diagnosis. A new enzyme-free method based on strand displacement amplification and magnetic beads was developed for simple, rapid, and cost-saving MTB detection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterized by cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, oxidative stress and inflammation. Trimetazidine (TMZ), a potent metabolism modulator, has been shown to be cardioprotective in experimental models of ischaemia-reperfusion and type 2 diabetes-induced cardiomyopathy. The present study examined whether TMZ inhibits cardiomyopathy induced by insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi
June 2012
Background: Chinese patent medicines Compound Danshen Dripping Pills (DSP) and Di'ao Xinxuekang (DXK) capsules were both found effective in treating angina pectoris. However, there is no systematic review comparing their efficacy.
Objective: This systematic review aims to compare the efficacy of DSP and DXK in treating angina pectoris based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing their efficacy.