[Reflexotherapy and evidence-based medicine].

Assessment of the role and place of nontraditional methods of treatment and reflexotherapy, widely applied in hospitals is presented in the article. Besides, we become alerted regarding not serious approach of some scientists and health service managers to reflexotherapy as a whole and to one of its methods acupuncture.

[Magnetocardiography in clinical practice: algorithms and technologies for data analysis].

This methodological work is the first part of series of papers dedicated to the modern perspective method of non-invasive diagnostics in cardiology--magnetocardiography. Definition of magnetocardiography method is given, levels of magnetocardiography data analysis as well as electrophysiological models are described. The most informative biomarkers and technologies of qualitative and quantitative interpretation of current density distribution maps and curves of total current magnitude are presented.

[Structural and functional state of the left and right ventricle and the factors that affect the parameters of intracardiac hemodynamics in patients with hypertension and chronic alcohol intoxication].

The parameters of endocardiac hemodynamics, heart rate variability, endothelial function and function of the external breathing (FEB) were studied. 67 patients with arterial hypertension (AH) at the stage II and with chronic alcohol intoxication (CAI) were observed. Method of correlation analysis allowed to determine the heart rate variability effect on the hemodynamics, endothelial function and respiratory systems in these patients.

[Changes of the endothelial function and cardiac valves in patients with reactive arthritis].

Our investigations showed endothelium's malfunction and changes of the cardiac valves in patients with reactive arthritis, which could be precondition of the cardiac failure development in these patients.

[Place of reflexotherapy and some other methods of alternative medicine in modern medical practice].

Assessment of the role and place of nontraditional methods of treatment and reflexotherapy, widely applied in hospitals is presented in the article. Besides, we become alerted regarding not serious approach of some scientists and health service managers to reflexotherapy as a whole and to one of its methods--acupuncture. An analysis of the situation developed in the legislation concerning training of reflexotherapy specialists for last 15-20 years not only in Ukraine, but also abroad was done.