Lancet
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In 2014, approximately 253 million Chinese migrants had left their hometowns and were working in cities. Inequalities in demographic, socioeconomic, and health status for migrants place them at increased risk of health problems and marginalised them in the use of health-care services. We aimed to identify the inequalities that limit the use of health services among internal migrants in China, and to provide a reference point for health policy. ⋯ This study had no funding.
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Hospitals are the main and last component of health-care systems. We aimed to assess the performance of Shenzhen's general hospitals during 2010-15, and to suggest ways in which to improve operation performance. ⋯ Health and Family Planning Commission of Shenzhen Municipality.
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In the past decade, recreational drug use has considerably increased among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM). This increase has a great potential to worsen the scenario of the heavy burden of HIV among Chinese MSM. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of recreational drug use, and to explore the association between poppers use and testing history for HIV or STIs, gay app use, and other sexual behaviours. ⋯ This work was supported by National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 1R01AI114310 to JT and CW); UNC-South China STD Research Training Centre (Fogarty International Centre 1D43TW009532 to JT); UNC Center for AIDS Research (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 5P30AI050410 to JT); University of California San Francisco Centre for AIDS Research (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases P30 AI027763 to CW); National Institute of Mental Health (R00MH093201 to CW); the UNC Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins University, Morehead School of Medicine and Tulane University (UJMT) Fogarty Fellowship (FIC R25TW0093 to WT). This publication was also supported by Grant Number UL1TR001111 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health. These funders played no role in any step of this study.
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According to Chinese medicinal literature, Euphorbia Pekinensis and Glycyrrhiza should not be used together because of their antagonistic actions. However, increasing experimental and clinical evidence show that they exhibit synergistic or antagonistic actions when used together in different combinations. The aim of this study was to clarify the herbaceous compatibility of Euphorbia Pekinensis and Glycyrrhiza acting on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ascites, which has not been fully elucidated. ⋯ The National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2011CB505300, 2011CB505305), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81303153), Beijing Nova program (Z1511000003150126), and the Prospective Study Platform Project of Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (QZPT002).
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Ambient temperature is an important risk factor for human health. However, little evidence is available on the attributable burden, such as absolute or relative excess of mortality, due to temperature. We investigated the burden ofdeath attributable toambient temperature in China. ⋯ National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Grant No 2012CB955504). No funding bodies had any role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.