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Introduced in the paper is the profile of the European Reference Networks(ERNs) which were established to cope with rare diseases, complicated diseases, low incidence diseases and those of high costs. ERNs are valuable for the healthcare alliances to be built in China, in terms of objectives, tasks and mechanisms. It also presents policy references for improvement of the health service system, rational allocation of medical resources and better medical competence in China.
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Objective To evaluate the promotional effectiveness of different TCM appropriate technology packages; To provide a scientific basis for improving the technology package. Methods 8 assessment indexes, including input costs, the number of experts, the number of people with senior professional post, the number of grassroots people under the guidance of experts, the number of training hours, the number of people receiving training, evaluating rate and the number of users were selected. TOPSIS method was used to evaluate the promotional effectiveness of five kinds of TCM packages in grassroots. Results The Ci values for appropriate technology packages were 0.76 for pains in neck, shoulder, waist and lower extremities, 0.49 for gynecological diseases, 0.44 for infantile diarrhea, 0.66 for chronic gastropathy, and 0.00 for tumors. Conclusion The effectiveness of promotion of TCM appropriate technology packages from high to low is pains in neck, shoulder, waist and lower extremities package, chronic gastropathy package, gynecological diseases package, infantile diarrhea package, tumors package.
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Objective To investigate the effect of intermittent hypoxia on neuronal apoptosis and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression in rat hippocampus,in order to explore the potential mechanism of hippocampal neuronal apoptosis induced by intermittent hypoxia.Methods Twenty-four Wistar male rats (280-350 g) were randomly divided into three groups:the normal control,intermittent normoxia and intermittent hypoxia group (n=8 each).The animal model of intermittent hypoxia was established by an automated nitrogen/oxygen profile system.The three groups were respectively exposed to continuous normoxia (21 ％O2),cyclical normoxia (21 ％O2),and cyclical hypoxia [alternating between normoxia (21 ％ O2) and hypoxia (5 ％ O2),every 120 seconds] throughout the eight hours of light time(8:00-16:00).The rats were dissected and the hippocampus was removed at the end of the designated duration of exposures for six weeks.TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) was used to detect the apoptotic rate of the hippocampus region in each group.Reverse transcription-PCR,immunohistochemistry (IHC) and Western blotting were used to examine mRNA and protein expressions of iNOS in the hippocampus tissue.Results The apoptotic rate of hippocampal neurons was higher in intermittent hypoxia group than in intermittent normoxia group [(28.236±0.081) ％ vs.(9.341±0.026)％,P＜0.05].The mRNA and protein expressions of iNOS were higher in intermittent hypoxia group than in intermittent normoxia group (3.394± 1.344 vs.0.125±0.040,7.793±0.052 vs.1.356±0.039,both P＜0.05].Conclusions Intermittent hypoxia can induce hippocampal neuronal apoptosis in rats,accompanied by the upregulation of iNOS gene transcription and protein expression,which indicates that iNOS may involve in the process of hippocampal neuronal apoptosis induced by intermittent hypoxia.
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Objective Study the National Natural Science Foundation investment of traditional Chinese Medicine R&D investment in common illnesses to understand the total investment as well as researching areas, agency and disease. Methods Filtered research data of common illnesses from National Natural Science Foundation website database with keywords. Quantitative analysis was made with the obtained data. Results National Natural Science Foundation of China invested a total of more than 50 million RMB in common illness R&D, of which nearly 400 million RMB was invested to traditional Chinese medicine. Cancer R&D investment was the highest, bone diseases R&D investment was less than 0.1% of the total investment. Conclusion Total investment in common illness increased year by year, but the investment in traditional Chinese medicine ratio was still low.