Prognosis of thyroid nodules in individuals living in the Zhitomir region of Ukraine.

Objective: After the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (CNPP), the incidence of thyroid cancer increased among children. Recently, a strong relationship between solid thyroid nodules and the incidence of thyroid cancer was shown in atomic bomb survivors. To assess the prognosis of benign thyroid nodules in individuals living in the Zhitomir region of Ukraine, around the CNPP, we conducted a follow-up investigation of screening data from 1991 to 2000 in the Ukraine.

Screening for 137Cs body burden due to the Chernobyl accident in Korosten City, Zhitomir, Ukraine: 1996-2008.

During the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (CNPP) accident on 26 April 1986, large amounts of radionuclides were released and spread to vast areas. Inhabitants residing around CNPP have been exposed to external and internal irradiation due to the long half-life of (137)Cs (30 years). In this study, we screened for internal whole-body (137)Cs concentration using a whole-body counter in the Zhitomir state of Ukraine.

[Bioelectrical activity of the cerebral cortex in children with different forms of hypoacusis].

The pattern of bioelectrical activity of the cerebral cortex of 65 children, aged 6 to 15 years, with neurosensory (35 subjects) and conductive (30 children) hypoacusis was investigated. The level of hearing impairment in the patients was different. Electroencephalographic and audiological data were processed by a computer and a statistical (predictable) model was obtained.

[Changes in cerebral hemodynamics in chronic vertebro-basilar insufficiency].

In cases of clinical symptomatology suggestive of an impairment of the vertebrobasilar basin, it is advisable to conduct a rheoencephalographic study for specifying the character and localization of the pathological process as well as for monitoring the efficiency of the therapy conducted.