Research progress of electromagnetic therapy in clinical treatment of common diseases / 国际生物医学工程杂志

As a physical method, electromagnetic therapy has been widely used in clinical treatment of various human diseases. In this paper, a total of 123 research papers related to the clinical application of electromagnetic therapy were retrieved from the Chinese Journal Full-text Database also known as China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), WANFANG Database, Chinese Science and Technology Journal Database (CSTJ), PubMed, Europe PMC, etc. All papers were analyzed and evaluated, and 58 effective articles were selected. The clinical application and therapeutic effects of electromagnetic therapy on several diseases were reviewed, including hypertension, diabetes, insomnia, depression and osteoporosis. The categories of commonly used electromagnetic therapy were sorted out and summarized, including magnetization at acupoints, pulsed electromagnetic fields, gyromagnetic, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, and wearing magnetic items. The results show that electromagnetic therapy has a wide range of applications and small side effects, it has significant effects on some medical diseases, neurological diseases, and orthopedic diseases.

Kinetin inhibits apoptosis of aging spleen cells induced by D-galactose in rats

Kinetin (Kn) is a cytokinin growth factor that exerts several anti-aging and antioxidant effects on cells and organs. To investigate the mechanism underlying apoptotic events in aging cells induced by D-galactose (D-gal), we examined the effect of Kn delivered via nuchal subcutaneous injection on D-gal-induced aging and apoptosis in rats. Our results showed that interleukin (IL)-2 levels and mitochondrial membrane potential (DeltaPsim) were decreased by Kn in aging rats while IL-6 production and apoptosis increased. In addition, the expression of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 was low while that of Bax was high in the aging group. After treated with Kn, compared with aging group, there showed obvious difference in Kn group with elevated IL-2, proliferation index, Bcl-2, DeltaPsim and decreased IL-6 and Bax in splenic lymphocyte. Based on these results, we concluded that Kn can effectively protect the rat spleen from aging, apoptosis, and atrophy.

Application of Task-driven Teaching Method in the Social Medical Insurance Course / 中华医学教育探索杂志

Task-driven teaching method is a kind of exploration.The prospective research on the application of task-driven teaching method in social medical insurance course is helpful to setting up a teaching situation,constructing a relaxed study environment,stiring up students’interest in the study and improving students’initiatives and creativity.