[On organization of palliative medical care].

The study provides an analysis of the results of the questionnaire survey of physicians in the Russian Federation with the purpose of determining the competences of medical specialists and practice of palliative care and emerging problems. This article presents and discusses the data obtained during the study.

[EHF-puncture in combined rehabilitation of children with vertebrobasilar insufficiency syndrome in spinal deformities].

The results were compared of different programs of rehabilitation in 45 patients aged 5 to 18 years with spinal deformities and vertebrobasilar failure. Control patients received only basic therapy, the study group received also EHF-puncture. The efficacy of rehabilitation was confirmed by electropuncture diagnosis and rheoencephalogram.