Integration of Educational and Research Activities of Medical Students (Experience of the Medical Faculty of Saint Petersburg State University).

The article is devoted to the role of research activity of the medical students in higher education of physicians. The teaching of physicians in classical universities and specialized medical schools is compared. The history of physicians' training in Russia in imperial, Soviet and post-Soviet periods is reviewed and compared to development of higher medical education in other countries.

[The function of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal-gonadal system in patients with bronchial asthma without and in combination with arterial hypertension].

In the origin of arterial hypertension in bronchial asthma a significant role is played by the involvement of the lungs in metabolism of steroid hormones. Hypothalamo-hypophyseal-gonadal system was studied in 39 females suffering from bronchial asthma alone and in 47 asthmatic females suffering from bronchial asthma alone and in 47 asthmatic females with arterial hypertension. As indicated by radioimmunoassay, the impaired feedback between hypothalamo-hypophyseal and sexual functions may be responsible for stabilization of arterial hypertension in bronchial asthma.