‘I’m committed to her and the family’: positive accounts of vasectomy among New Zealand men

Background: More than 15 years ago, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) identified men’s involvement with reproductive and contraceptive tasks as vital for improving women’s reproductive health worldwide. The uptake of vasectomy provides one measure of men’s involvement in reproductive and contraceptive actions, but uptake requires the negotiation of a complex set of social and psychological meanings related to masculinity, sexuality and contraceptive involvement. The limited research in this area paints a largely negative picture around vasectomy, emphasising fears, side effects, and men being pressured into having the operation, but it is not the only account of vasectomy. Objectives: The aim of this research was to examine the accounts of New Zealand men who had undergone vasectomy. Method: Interviews with 28 men who had opted to have a vasectomy (16 had children; 12 did not) based in New Zealand, a country with a high rate of vasectomy, offer a more positive portrayal of the meanings and experiences of vasectomy. Results: Men referred to vasectomy as a positive reflection of their identities, and their choice to have it as exemplifying personal characteristics they valued. Such accounts disrupt the common-sense story of vasectomy as negative or difficult for men, and allow it to be positioned as a positive choice for heterosexual male reproductive involvement and responsibility     

我对祖国医学按摩术的体会

按摩疗法对人体所产生的治疗作用是多方面的。如对外伤能舒筋活血，消炎止痛，疏通狭窄，剥离粘连，整复筋脉，行瘀通络；对内科方面能促进循环，扶正祛邪，调理气血，促进新陈代谢，调节阴阳，维持平衡。其治疗作用能治愈疾病解除痛苦，又能预防疾病增强体质，达到健康长寿的作用。     

Male infertility: management strategies

Although the objective of the urologist is to correct the factors of male infertility and to favour natural procreation, the strategy must consider also the couple and the female aspects of infertility. Some types of male infertility require specific treatment. In severe cases, recent advances in medical assistance to procreation have changed the prognosis of male infertility. Pregnancy can be obtained by the means of gamet manipulation and spermatozoid selection. Nevertheless, such techniques expose to genetic disorders transmission. Subsequently, genetic assessment is required during male infertility management, especially for difficult cases.     

低剂量醋酸棉酚服用前后血钾测定结果分析

于 1993年底至 1996年在山东省进行低剂量醋酸棉酚临床试验 ,服药组 30例 ,对照组 15例。样本于服药前测定血钾 2次 ,服药后第 2月至第 9月每月测定血钾一次 ,停药后再持续测定 4个月。结果 :服药前 2次测定值 (mmol/L)实验组分别为 4.0 4± 0 .40 ,4.6 1± 0 .41;对照组分别为 4.0 3± 0 .32 ,4.5 0± 0 .43。服药后 2～ 9个月实验组血钾在 3 .75～ 4.5 9范围 ;对照组为 3.86～ 4.82范围 ;停药后 4个月血钾值实验组为 3 .92～ 4.2 8,对照组为4.0 4～ 4.0 8范围。经统计学处理两组在各随访月的差异均无显著性。说明男性口服低剂量醋酸棉酚 9个月不会降低血钾 ,停药后 4个月血钾值也在正常值范围内     

Inventory of Sexual Experiences and Response in Disability (IEReSDi): Construction and Validation of the Scale of the Sexual Response in People with Disabilities

Mexico has approximately 2300000 people who live with some severe disability. Disability is a health problem that has increased progressively and as such, has serious consequences for the person who experiences it, as well as for the family. The impact of the disability on sexuality is an undeniable aspect that frequently is reported in scientific literature; there is also a general consensus among clinical investigators of diverse countries with respect to the effects as much at the physiological as at the psychological level of sexuality. How these changes affect the Mexican population is unknown, due to the scant amount of research. The intent of the investigation was to construct and validate an inventory that made it possible to know what sexual experiences and response is of disabled men and women in the Mexican Republic. This study was aimed at validating the properties of three scales which specifically identify the experiences that comprise part of the study subjects human sexual response; altogether 609 subjects, 464 women (76.2) and 145 men (23.8) between the ages of 14 and 87 (x = 37), 245 unmarried and 364 living as a couple, the frequency of motor disability taking first place (308 subjects = 50.6), followed by mental disability (113 subjects = 18.6) and visual deficits (68 subjects = 11.2). This inventory consists of three areas: (1) sexual satisfaction in disability, (2) sexual response in disability, and (3) factors that interfere with sexuality in disability; the area of sexual response includes scales of desire, arousal and orgasm. The inventory was applied individually and the results were processed through statistical package SPSS, doing analysis of frequencies, t tests, variance, and chi-square test, as well as reliability tests. The results show in all cases, a greater tendency by men with some type of disability to search for and be involved in experiences of an affective and sexual type, which makes one suppose that gender roles have a big influence on sex following disability.     

系列乳癖合剂治疗实验性豚鼠乳腺增生病的研究

观察系列乳癖合对豚鼠乳腺增生动物模型的影响,阐明其作用机理。方法以苯甲酸雌二醇造成豚鼠乳腺增生病模型,分别灌服天冬素片水溶液及择期灌乳系列乳癖合剂,观察其乳腺腺大小变化、组织病理变化、血中性激素含量。结论系列乳癖合剂能降低实验性豚鼠血中雌二醇含量。     

积雪草甙对实验大鼠乳腺增生的防治

目的：研究积雪草甙对实验大鼠乳腺增生症的预防和治疗作用。方法：应用苯甲酸雌二醇，黄体酮制备大鼠乳腺增生症模型。在制备模型同时或之后，灌服积雪草甙，于给予受试药后第32天测量左右两个乳房直径，高度和乳头直径；放射免疫测定血清雌二醇（E2）和孕酮（P）浓度；镜下观察乳腺增生的病理改变，计算乳腺增生率和增生程度。结果：积雪草甙能显著降低实验性大鼠乳腺增生症的发生率，抑制乳腺增生程度，调节血清E2和P浓度，改善E2／P比值，积雪草甙能降低乳腺增生程度，减少乳腺增生症的发生率，有望成为预防和治疗乳腺增生症的候选药物。     

乳洁安胶囊对大鼠乳腺增生及脾脏T淋巴细胞亚群的影响

目的：探讨乳洁安胶囊对大鼠乳腺增生及脾脏T淋巴细胞亚群影响。方法：应用腹腔注射苯甲酸雌二醇复制大鼠乳腺增生模型，同时应用药物治疗。用药30d后处死大鼠，取乳腺组织切片观察。同时剖腹取脾脏，剪碎，研磨后，用无钙镁的Hank’s液制备成单细胞悬液，应用流式细胞仪双色法测定CD3＋、CD4＋、CD8＋百分比及CD4＋／CD8＋比值。结果：模型组大鼠体重增长缓慢，乳房肿大，乳腺组织增生明显，并且CD3＋、CD4＋、CD4＋／CD8＋值显著降低，而灌服乳洁安胶囊的大鼠能不同程度抑制大鼠乳房肿大和乳腺增生，并能明显提高CD3＋、CD4＋百分比及CD4＋／CD8＋比值。结论：乳洁安胶囊具有抑制乳腺增生，增强机体免疫力，调节细胞免疫的功能。