[Significance of biliary dysfunction in the pathogenesis of gallstone disease].

The paper shows the role of biliary dysfunction in the formation of biliary sludge. Found that among all motor dysfunction themost common is reduction of contractile function of the gallbladder (in 63.3% of cases), which is combined with 73.

[Development of a system for the early diagnosis and prevention of children's health changes caused by exposure to heavy metals].

At the moment, the making a diagnosis of an environment-induced disease in Russia is not routine and this is not relied on a rather evidence basis. Nevertheless, the choice of exposure methods from educational and preventive to therapeutic depends on the intensity and pattern of exposure to ecotoxicants and on the magnitude of appropriate specific changes. Epidemiological surveys of 5-7-year-old children from 3 towns of Russia have revealed that 8.

[Variations of treatment of chronic alcohol diffusion liver disease].

Effectiveness has been shown of applying the hepatoprotector antral in the treatment of patients with chronic alcohol hepatitis and hepatocirrohsis. The investigation has revealed a good disintoxicative effect of antral, normalisation of biochemical indices of the liver functions, cellular and humoral elements of immunity, significant improvement of indices for the process of peroxidation of lipids and antioxidant defence.

[The regional characteristics of the prevalence of elevated arterial pressure in the schoolchildren of Moscow, Tallinn and Novosibirsk (a cooperative study)].

The authors describe the results of a cooperative epidemiological screening of schoolchildren aged 11 to 14 years, living in Moscow, Tallinn and Novosibirsk. 1219 persons underwent screening in Moscow, 923 in Novosibirsk, and 1227 in Tallinn; the screening coverage was 88.3, 92 and 87.