[The effect of a medicinal plant preparation on the frequency of episodes of exacerbation of recurrent cystitis and metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus taking glyphlosins].

Background: The problem of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM 2) is relevant, especially when there is a combination of predisposing factors, such as female gender, history of UTI episodes, and therapy with sodium glucose cotransporter type 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors, and the choice of effective and safe means could cause some difficulties, including ina terms of the burden of antibiotic resistance.

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the phytoproduct Canephron N for the prevention of exacerbations of recurrent cystitis and the effect on metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes taking SGLT-2 inhibitors.

Materials And Methods: Prospective, randomized, open, parallel group study in 60 women.

[Ednit influence on oxidation resistance of LDL lipoproteins in hypertensive subjects].

Aim: Evaluation of resistance of low density lipoproteins (LDLP) of the serum to oxidation in patients with essential hypertension (EH) before and after course treatment with ednit.

Materials And Methods: 10 patients with mild or moderate EH aged 38-58 years were given ednit for 1 or 2 months. 10 healthy males aged 35-48 years served control.

[Characteristics of arterial blood pressure in children aged 10-14 years living in Novosìbirsk (data of a simultaneous epidemiological study)].

The authors reported the results of a study of BP levels in children aged 10 to 14 in Novosibirsk using a standard WHO method. Regional normal limits of systolic and diastolic BP with relation to age and sex were presented. The mean levels of systolic and diastolic BP were growing with age, particularly at the age of 11-12.