[Study on risk factors of nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate in Chinese Guangdong population].

Objective: To investigate the association between environmental factors and nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate (NSCLP), and to explore the interaction of main risk factors in Chinese Guangdong population.

Methods: A hospital-based case-control study was used. NSCLP children were selected from Cleft Lip & Palate Treatment Centre of Second Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Shantou University between September 2009 and March 2010 as cases.

[Effect of polygona-polysaccharids on atheromatous plaque: experiment with rabbits].

Objective: To study the effect of polygona-polysaccharids on the elimination of atheromatous plaque.

Methods: Thirty adult New Zealand rabbits were fed with high-fat and cholesterol forage for 8 weeks to establish hyperlipidemia animal models and then randomly divided into 3 equal groups: model group, simvastatin group receiving simvastatin orally, and polygona-polysaccharids group receiving polygona-polysaccharids orally. Ten rabbits were fed with normal food as control forage.