Probiotics and obesity associated disease: an extended view beyond traditional strains.

Interaction between intestinal microbiota and obesity is becoming abundantly according to current many scientific investigations. In this article, probiotic therapy was offered as the promising strategy of metabolic disorders control through the recovery of microbiota composition and health maintenance with the help of impact on the abovementioned mechanisms. First, this therapy is safe, with minimal side effects, well-tolerated, and appropriate for long-term use.

Correction of Androgen Deficiency in Men with Type 2 Diabetes.

Background: In men with low levels of testosterone in the blood, it is believed that the symptoms can be regarded as an association between testosterone deficiency syndrome and related comorbidities.

Aim: To investigate the effectiveness of testosterone therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and androgen deficiency.

Materials And Methods: Testosterone replacement therapy was carried out in 26 men with T2D and clinically or laboratory-confirmed androgen deficiency.

NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF PROLACTINOMA (CASE REPORT).

This article describes a clinical case of prolactinoma, the onset of which was diagnosed after long-term use of eglonil, after the appearance of such side effects as galactorrhea. This clinical case is a unique one because of the peculiarities of diagnostic search. The first complaints of the patient were anxiety and fear, fatigue, frequent mood swings, memory disoders.

VITAMIN D CONTENT IN POPULATION OF RADIOLOGICALLY CONTAMINATED AREAS IN CHERNIVTSI OBLAST (pilot project).

Objective: To study the status of vitamin D in population of Chernivtsi region living on the radioactively contami-nated territories.

Materials And Methods: In a cross-sectional study under a pilot project the 180 people aged 19 to 78 years old per-manently residing in 3 regions of Chernivtsi oblast, namely in the village of Kyseliv in Kitsman district, which isattributed to the IIIrd zone of radiololgical contamination due to the Chornobyl catastrophe, as well as in the cityof Chernivtsi and the city of Vyzhnytsia were surveyed in summer. Assay of the 25(OH)D in blood serum was per-formed using the immune chemiluminescence method «ECLIA» on the Elecsys 2010 (Roche Diagnostics, Germany)analyzer using Cobas test systems.