WANG Xue-mei （王学美）--A Famous Expert on Anti-senility

Prof. WANG Xue- mei was born in Wuqing, Tianjin City on September 10, 1964. She graduated with a bachelors and masters degree from the Tianjin Traditional Chinese Medicine College in 1988 （now the Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine）. She pursued her doctorate in the Beijing Medical University （now the Peking University Health Science Center） from 1988 to 1991, She has been working in the Peking University Institute of Integrated TCM and Western Medicine since her graduation.     

GUO Sai-shan (郭赛珊)——Prominant Internist and Diabetics Specialist

GUO Sai-shan was bornon October 24 , 1938 ,in Pu-tian Fujian Province, 1960graduated in Shanghai FirstMedical College (now Shang-hai Medical University) . Atpresent , she is the Professorof Peking Union Medical Col-lege. Chief Doctor , Post-doc-torate Tutor ,in 1991 to 2002she was appointed as Directorof Depart ment of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) ;in 1993 ,she becamethe specialist that en-joyed special stipend of China State Council ; whilein 1996 to 1997 ,she became the vis…     

YU Ren-cun （郁仁存）——A Famous Oncologist in Integrative Medicine

YU Ren-cun was born on August 1, 1934. After graduating from Jiangxi Medical College in 1955, he took part in the very first Western Doctors＇ Class for Learning Traditional Chinese Medicine （TCM） held in Beijing from March 1959 to December 1961. Prof. YU systematically learned TCM while taking this class. Since 1962, he has been working in the Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, eventually being promoted to a Chief Physician by the Beijing Municipal Government in May of 1981. In 1997, Prof. YU was selected as a well-known veteran for the National TCM Doctor Inheritance Work by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine （SATCM）. The State Council of China has awarded him a special subsidy every month for his excellent work.     

In Memory of Our Editorial Board Member Prof. ZHANG Zhi-nan

Prof.ZHANG Zhi-nan,China＇s famous hematologist,member of the editorial board of Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine,passed away at the age of 84 on July 18,2014 in Beijing.Prof.Zhang was born in Beijing in 1929 and graduated from Peiking Union Medical College in 1954.After graduating from the Peiking Union Medical College Hospital,he had worked in the Internal Department and Hematology Department,     

ZHAO Jian-xiong （赵健雄） A Famous Expert in Integrative Medicine and Dunhuang Medicine

ZHAO Jian-xiong, was born in Yulin City on November 1, 1942, Shaanxi Province. He graduated from Lanzhou Medical College in 1965, and practiced Western medicine after his graduation while learning traditional Chinese medicine （TCM）. In 1980, Dr. ZHAO was one of the first students who graduated from the TCM graduate program at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine with a master＇s degree. From 1983 to 2004, Dr. ZHAO was the associate president of Gansu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Vice President and the President of Lanzhou Medical College. In 1992, Dr. ZHAO was promoted as a professor. Prof. Zhao is now the adviser of graduate students, and the Director of the Research Institute of Integrative Medicine, Lanzhou University. In addition, Prof. ZHAO is a council member of the Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine and the President of Gansu Association of Integrative Medicine.     

A lengthy illness

In1916 a 16 year old girl was admitted in a depressive stupor to Bloomfield Hospital, a small Quaker asylum in Dublin. She was neither eating nor speaking. My grandfather （a general physician and lecturer in materia medica at Trinity College Dublin） looked after her and tube fed her for a month until she started to recover. After leaving hospital, she remained well for more than 20 years, but then she became seriously depressed again and was readmitted to Bloomfield, where my father （a consultant physician and professor of jurisprudence and hygiene at the Royal College of Surgeons Medical School） was now in charge.     

Effect of universal salt iodization on antithyroid drugs

Iodine deficiency disease （IDD） is common in China. An universal salt iodization （USl） program has been implemented by the Chinese government since 1996. As a result, the goiter rate in 8- to 10-year old children decreased from 20.4% in 1995 to 5.8% in 2002.1 But the adverse effects of iodine excess such as iodine-induced hyperthyroidism, iodine-induced goiters, iodine-induced hypothyroidism, etc. have become a great concern to healthcare professionals as well as the general population. The impact of USI on antithyroid drugs （ATDs） might become a potential challenge to address. With a special grant from the Department of Disease Control, the Health Ministry of China, we conducted a prospective study on the effects of USI on ATDs at the thyroid section of the Endocrinology Clinic of Peking Union Medical College Hospital （PUMCH）, Beijing.     

医学英语学习园地 第十六期

To the Editor: …The original Peking Union Medical College (PUMC)facilities and faculty have been reactivated as an eight-year medical school,the Capital Medical College of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.It is the only medical school in China with an eight-year curriculum. The first     

A resume of epidemiological surveys of several main rheumatic diseases in China

Rheumatology was for a long time a highly neglected area of medicine in China. The first rheumatology unit in the department of medicine was established in the Peking Union Medical College Hospital in 1980.     

Fresh frozen plasma for the treatment of hereditary angioedema acute attacks

Objective To determine the safety and efficacy of fresh frozen plasma(FFP) infusion for the treatment of hereditary angioedema(HAE).Methods The medical records of patients with HAE admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital who had received FFP infusion during 2004 and 2010 were reviewed and PubMed database from 1966 to the present were searched using the following Key words:hereditary angioedema and fresh frozen plasma.The patient’s age,sex,body location of HAE attacks,the dose of FFP infusion,time of beginning to improvement,time to complete remission,complication,C1 inhibitor activity,and outcome were analyzed.Results A total of 13 enrolled patients(7 male and 6 female) received 16 times of FFP infusion,including 2 patients undergoing FFP infusion in Peking Union Medical College Hospital and 11 patients reported in the literature.The mean dosage of FFP infusion was 586±337 mL.Two cases suffered from worsening abdominal pain and one case experienced skin rash.Only 1 patient had no improvement in symptom owing to transfusion related reaction.There was a definite improvement in symptom 49±19 minutes after beginning FFP infusion.The remission time decreased from 61.7±27.0 hours to 3.3(2.0,12.0) hours after FFP infusion.FFP infusion was effective for both type Ⅰand type Ⅱ HAE.Conclusion FFP seems to be safe and effective for acute attacks of HAE.     

Thanks for Your Accompanying in the Journey of Integrative Medicine——Strength and Con?dence from the Predecessors of Chinese Medical Association

<正>After graduation from Fujian Medical College(now named Fujian Medical University)in 1954,I had my residency training at the Department of Internal Medicine of University Hospital.In early 1956,I came to China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine(now named China Academy of Chinese Medical     

Surgical treatment of cardiac lipoma: 20 years’ experience in a single center

Background: Primary cardiac lipoma is very rare, and no consensus has been developed regarding its ideal treatment strategy. This study reviewed the surgical treatment of cardiac lipomas in 20 patients over 20 years.Methods: Twenty patients with cardiac lipomas were treated at Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College from January 1, 2002, to January 1, 2022. The patients’’ clinical data and pathological repo...     

PROMINENT PERSONNEL——LEI Yan （雷燕）：An Expert in Studying Cardiovascular Diseases with Integrated Medicine

Professor LEI Yan, Ph. D., female, was born in October 1960. After being graduated from Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine （ TOM ） in 1983, she worked as a resident physician in the TOM Hospital of Xinyang city, Henan province. She was enrolled in the master＇ s program of internal medicine of integrative traditional Chinese and Western medicine in Fujian College of TOM in 1988, and after finished her study in 1991, she was employed as a chief physician in Fujian Provincial Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases for two years. In 1993 she studied under the indoctrination of Prof. CHEN Ke-ji, majoring in cardiovascular diseases in the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences （CACMS） and got the doctoral degree in July 1996. In 1998, she finished the post-doctorate research on the prevention and treatment of senile dementia in Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. Since then, she took charge in managerial work as the assistant director of department of cardiovascular diseases of Xiyuan Hospital of CACMS and the director of department of scientific research supervisal in CACMS, meanwhile, as a Prof. of Medi- cine, the tutor of doctoral students on integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine （TCM-WM） of CACMS.     

Clinical characters of gastrointestinal lesions in intestinal Behcet's disease

Objective To investigate the clinical features,diagnosis methods,therapeutic principles of intestinal Behcet's disease.Methods The clinical data of 45 patients with confirmed intestinal Behcet's disease admitted to Peking Union Medical College Hospital from August 1998 to April 2010 were retrospectively analyzed.Results The clinical courses of patients with intestinal Behcet's disease were from 26 days to 33 years,and the average duration was 6.32±1.01 years.The appearance of extra-gastrointestinal symptoms...     

WANG Ling-tai(王灵台)—A Renowned Hepatologist in Integrative Medicine

<正>WANG Ling-tai,born in 1940,graduated from the Department of Clinical Medicine of Shanghai Medical College in 1963. He is now a Professor, chief physician,and PhD supervisor of Shuguang Hospital,Affiliated to the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.Prof.Wang is the ex-president of Shuguang Hospital,the director of the Coordination Group,National Liver Disease,     

A rare cause of fever of unknown origin - cervical spinal cord lesion

To the editor： A female at Beijing Union 2013. She had had ＂malaise a month with fever.＂ Since patient, aged 49, visited the emergency Medical College Hospital on August 21, for five years, aggravated for more than early 2008, the patient had whole body fatigue without a cause, but it was not affecting her daily work. As the symptoms gradually worsened, she became incapable of daily chores and had difficulty climbing stairs to the second floor. Two years ago, she resigned from work to rest at home, but the symptoms of fatigue aggravatedand she was reluctant to get out of bed. One month ago, the patient accidentally fell from her bed due to fatigue and she was only able to get up with help from family. Since then, the patient started to have fever （self-measured temperatures up to 38-39~C） and dizziness. Self-prescribed antipyretic drugs did not have an effect on reducing the fever. She did not sweat, but her body temperature decreased slightly atter a warm sponge bath. She could not walk. comb her hair, or go to the bathroom by herself. She had intermittent palpitations, dizziness, and loss of appetite, with normal urine and bowel movements, and no other discomfort. On August 20, 2013. the patient＇s temperature increased to 41.6℃, she then came to our hospital emergency room for further treatment.     

ZOU Ming-xi (邹铭西)──An Outstanding Dermatologist of Integrative Medicine

Dr. ZOU Ming-xi, born in Jiangsu Province in Nov. 1933, graduated from Beijing Medical U-niversity (now Peking University Health Science Center) in 1955. After completing his course in learning traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the First Class for Western Doctors to Learn TCM organized by Ministry of Health     

中国医学科学院北京协和医学院关于全面加强医学史学科建设的倡议书（英文）

<正>Recent years have witnessed a dynamic develop of Peking Union Medical College(PUMC), which was founded in 1921, and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences(CAMS), which was founded in 1956. In the new era of building a “Healthy China”, General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of a profound understanding of the Chinese civilization to let the world better know and understand China,     

LEI Yan(雷燕)——An Expert in Studying Cardiovascular Diseases with Integrated Medicine

Professor LEI Yan, Ph. D. , female, was born in October 1960. After being graduated from Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine ( TCM ) in 1983, she worked as a resident physician in the TCM Hospital of     

The first of its kind in the world A Practical English-Chinese Library of Traditional Chinese Medicine has been published

The present library,the first of its kind in the world edited chiefly by Dr.Zhang Enqin,directorof the Advanced Studies Department of Shandong College of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM),has been published in succession starting from May,1989,and will be completed in June,1990,bythe Publishing House of Shanghai College of TCM.