INTRODUCTION Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in Malaysia. There is evidence of high traditional and complementary medicine (TCM) use among population with cardiovascular risk and there have been anecdotal reports about substitution of conventional medicines with TCM. We investigated the prevalence of TCM use, treatment preference and substitution of convent...

OBJECTIVE Chinese herbal products (CHPs) are widely used for atrial fibrillation (AF) in Taiwan. We investigated the effect of adjuvant CHPs in preventing ischemic stroke in patients with AF. METHODS Taiwanese patients in the Health Insurance Database newly diagnosed with AF during 2000-2011 were enrolled. Medication treatment with/without CHPs was administered within 7 days after the AF diag...

Aromatic polyketides are assembled by a type 11 (iterative) polyketide synthase (PKS) in bacteria. Understanding the enzymology of such enzymes should provide the information needed for the synthesis of novel polyketides through the genetic engineering of PKSs. Using a previously described cell-free system [B.S. & C.R.H. (1993) Science 262, 1535-1540], we studied a PKS enzyme whose substrate is...

UNLABELLED The latent HIV-1 reservoir primarily resides in resting CD4(+) T cells which are a heterogeneous population composed of both naive (TN) and memory cells. In HIV-1-infected individuals, viral DNA has been detected in both naive and memory CD4(+) T cell subsets although the frequency of HIV-1 DNA is typically higher in memory cells, particularly in the central memory (TCM) cell subset....

To push the envelope of DCT-based lossy image/video compression, this thesis is motivated to revisit design of some fundamental blocks in image/video coding, ranging from source modelling, quantization table, quantizers, to entropy coding. Firstly, to better handle the heavy tail phenomenon commonly seen in DCT coefficients, a new model dubbed transparent composite model (TCM) is developed and ...

Prompt and accurate diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke is critical to seek acute therapy. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) science, there is a comprehensive system of diagnosis and medical care of acute ischemic stroke. Here we introduce a two-level model for the analysis of TCM syndrome of acute ischemic stroke. Owing to the limitation of sample size and imbalance, we focused on the analy...

Perceptions in Reproductive Medicine Effect of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal on Female Infertility by Strengthening Natural Menstrual Cycle Dan Jiang* Principal Hallam Institute TCM, UK *Corresponding author: Jiang, Clinical TCM Consultant to GP-TCM Research Association, Visiting professor at Beijing University Medicine, China Submission: August 9, 2022;Published: September 21, 2022 DOI: 10.31...

Colorectal cancer remains the third most common malignancy worldwide. According to the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), colorectal cancer is related to spleen-deficiency, damp-heat, and toxicity accumulation. Traditional Chinese medicine has been confirmed to effectively reduce toxic side effects and enhance curative effects of chemotherapy, palliate clinical syndrome, prevent ...

OBJECTIVES To study the attitudes and personal experiences with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) use in pharmacy students. DESIGN Prospective cross-sectional study. SETTING University School of Pharmacy. METHODS Pharmacy students were asked 17 questions according to an anonymous survey questionnaire. RESULTS All 91 students (46% males) participated in the survey. The attitude toward T...

The novel and generic meta-interface (MI) paradigm proposed in this paper automates the generation of customized telemedicine software systems (CTSS), directly from the customized application interface (CAI) specifications given. The MI paradigm was tested and verified in the TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) telemedicine environment of Nong’s Company Limited of the PuraPharm Group, a local Ho...