[Contemporary outlook on prevention and correction of early disturbances of carbohydrate metabolism in cardiological practice].

In the search for effective means of prevention and detection of early markers of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) the scientists take an interest for early disturbances of carbohydrate metabolism. In this work we present data of international clinical studies confirming that early disturbances of carbohydrate metabolism appear to be an independent risk factor of cardiovascular diseases. In this connection possibilities of prevention and treatment of early disturbances of carbohydrate metabolism are discussed.

[Interdisciplinary problems of male health: point of view of a cardiologist].

Demographic situation in male population of Russia is analyzed in this review. The role of diseases of cardiovascular system and urogenital diseases including sexual disorders and androgen deficiency state in lowering of quality and duration of life of reproductive age men is shown. Modern outlook on metabolic syndrome, erectile dysfunction and androgen deficient state is presented.

[TNF-induced apoptosis and necrosis in myeloleukemia cells HL-60 is regulated by reactive oxygen metabolites depending on a cell cycle phase].

Unlabelled: TNF is the known death receptor ligand which induce apoptosis and necrosis. Reactive oxygen metabolites, ceramide (synthesized de novo and as a product of sphingomyelin cycle), and caspases have been implicated as potential mediators of cell death. Their mechanistic relationship remains to be elucidated.

[Determining the level of the tumor marker--neuron-specific enolase in patients with neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases].

Radioimmunoassay was employed to measure serum levels of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in 38 lung cancer patients, 20 patients with noncancer pulmonary lesions and 10 healthy donors. An average NSE level (92.8 +/- 18.