Effects of egg and milk supplementation on growth and development among children in poor rural area / 中华预防医学杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the effects of egg and milk supplementation on growth and development and body composition among children in poor rural area in Tianyang County of Guangxi province.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Total four schools were randomly selected from four towns in Tianyang County of Guangxi province as intervention group in April, 2013. The intervention measures included that these students were given salty egg (net weight: 50 g) and ultra-high-temperature-sterilization school milk (net weight: 200 g) every school day and these schools were equipped with standard kitchens. Another four schools of familiar socio-economic level, teaching quality and size from the same town were randomly chosen as control group and none of the intervention measures were implemented. About 25 students were randomly selected and stratified by grades from grade one to grade five. The height, weight, and body composition of all students were measured in April, 2013 and one year after the intervention. A total of 978 students were measured at baseline from age 6 to 13, 552 students as intervention group and 426 as control group. t-test was used to compare the differences between groups and multivariate unconditional logistic regression was used to analyze the factors of malnutrition.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After one year intervention, 892 students were measured randomly, with 515 students in intervention group and 377 in control one. The average weight of boys in intervention group increased (3.6 ± 1.7) kg compared with baseline. It was significantly higher than that of control group ((2.9 ± 1.5) kg) (t = 4.40, P < 0.001). The boy's lean body mass of intervention group increased (2.6 ± 1.4) kg, higher than the control group ((2.0 ± 1.2) kg) (t = 3.95, P < 0.001). The decrease of malnutrition rate of intervention schools (11.8%) was significantly higher than that of the control schools (4.7%, χ² = 16.90, P < 0.001), and the odds ratio was 0.37 (95% CI: 0.23-0.59). The risk difference of overweight and obesity was not statistically significant between the two groups (OR = 1.68, 95% CI: 0.57-4.94).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>After supplementing milk and egg, the nutritional status of the poor rural pupils was improved.</p>

Clinical experiences of RUAN's needling method for insomnia / 中国针灸

The theoretical basis and needling techniques of RUAN's needling method in treatment of insomnia are introduced in this paper. Ruan's needling method follows the theory of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, stresses the theory of taking brain as the marrow sea in treatment of insomnia acupuncture. The characteristics of his needling method are that emphasis on acupoints, including positioning accuracy and proper compatibility; think highly of needling method that combines with perpendicular needling, oblique needling, parallel needling, deep needling and shallow needling; emphasis on manipulation and identify qi under the needle to decide reinforcing or reducing method by arrival of qi, excess or deficiency. And the clinical observation of RUAN' s needling method on 30 cases of insomnia is attached.

Clinical analysis of 57 cerebellar medulloblastoma cases / 中华神经医学杂志

Objective To investigate the clinical outcomes of patients undergoing microsurgery for cerebellar medulloblastoma. Methods This retrospective analysis of the clinical and follow-up data involves 57 patients who received microsurgery for pathologically confirmed cerebellar medulloblastorna, and the microsurgical techniques for medulloblastoma were discussed. Results Among the 57 patients, 42 had total tumor resection, 13 had subtotal and 2 had partial resection of the tumors. Patency of the midbrain aqueduct was achieved in all the cases after the surgery. Hydrocephalus was found in 43 patients before the operation and only in 16 patients after the operation. Tumor relapse occurred in 19 patients 2 years after the operation, including 8 with implantation metastasis compromising the central nervous system and 1 patient with frontal lobe metastasis who received reoperations. The earliest tumor relapse occurred 20 days after the surgery. The 2- and 5-year postoperative survival rates in these patients were 68.4% and 49.1%, respectively. Conclusion Good therapeutic effects can be achieved with total resection of the tumors and postoperative whole brain and spinal cord radiotherapy in patients with medulloblastomas.