Psychological well-being in breast cancer patients: the role of social support in managing anxiety and depression.

Objective: Aim: To investigate the role of social support in the relationship between psychological well-being, anxiety, and depression among breast cancer patients.

Patients And Methods: Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study included 98 women with breast cancer. Measures used were the Psychological General Well-being Index (PGWBI), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), and a sociodemographic questionnaire.

[Experience of hyperbaric oxygenation treatment of a patrient with acute hypobaropathy].

Five sessions of computerized hyperbaric oxygenation treatment resulted in complete recovery of a patient with acute hypobaropathy developed after a 4-day ascent onto m. Kailas (4800 m) in the Tibet.

[Peculiarities of treating endocrine ophthalmopathy in patients with toxic goiter combined with diabetes mellitus].

Thyroid pathology is among autoimmune diseases the incidence of which is now on the increase. Endocrine ophthalmology (EO) often accompanying thyroid disorders may cause deterioration or loss of vision. EO can be corrected by several methods.

[The limitation of lipid hyperperoxidation and the prevention of stressor damages to the heart by glycine derivatives].

It is shown that glycine derivatives decrease considerably activation of lipid peroxidation in stress, reduce the duration of the alarm stage of the stress reaction, and limit the stress damage to the heart. The idea of the organism's glycinergic stress limiting system is suggested.