[Physical rehabilitation for ankle joint injuries in elderly and elderly people (Stage 1).].

A multidisciplinary approach to recovery after injuries of the ankle joint in elderly and senile people by specialists of various profiles using drug and non-drug methods is especially relevant today. It is required to develop and put into practice various options for the combined use of physical rehabilitation means at different stages of the rehabilitation treatment of elderly and senile patients with this pathology. The study revealed no significant complications and side effects when using this technique, which allows us to recommend it as a means of secondary prevention and injuries of the ankle joint, especially with contraindications to the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and glucocorticosteroids.

[Cytogenetic effects in blood lymphocytes of Slavutich residents having no occupational contact with ionizing radiation].

A comparative cytogenetic examination of the groups of Slavutich and Kiev residents having no occupational contact with ionizing radiation was conducted. It was found a significantly higher chromosome aberration frequency in blood lymphocytes of Slavutich residents (including unstable exchanges--2.5-fold) caused by internal irradiation at the expense of local food stuff consuming.

[The frequency rate of rural residents' requesting medical assistance from obstetric nursing assistance at health centers].

The accessibility of patient-care facilities is one of the key issues related with the structure of medical-care rendered to rural resident, therefore, while studying the medical-care structure in the Leningrad Region, the opinion of visitors to obstetrician's assistant facilities was primarily taken into consideration.

[Diagnosis and surgical treatment of mediastinal neoplasms].

The authors share their experiences with examination and surgical treatment of 163 patients with various neoplasms of the mediastinum. The first place among the neoplasms is occupied by tumors of the lymphatic apparatus (33%), the second--by tumors of the thymus (21%). The video-thoracoscopic technique was used in 17 of 131 operations performed.

[The biological effects in animals related to the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station. 1. The experimental model. The radiation loads on animals kept continuously under external and internal radiation exposure in the area of the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station].

Irradiation conditions in which laboratory animals were kept in experimental laboratories of Chernobyl and Kiev after the accident at the Chernobyl A.P.S.