[Nutrition of rural inhbaitants of Western Siberia: unbalanced rations and chronic alimentary hypovitaminosis].

Dietary intake and biochemical parameters of nutrition status of pig-breeders in Omsk region was studied. The diet of the examined group of pig-breeders was found disbalanced in the most of components. In particular, deficient in all investigated vitamins was revealed.

[Use of the Echoophthalmoscope 21 in the diagnosis of thyroid diseases].

The authors utilized a Soviet apparatus Echoophthalmoscope-21 for investigation of the thyroid. Examination of 51 patients and 10 controls showed that the echographic picture and a degree of ultrasound absorption in different thyroid diseases had significant differences permitting a wide use of the above apparatus for the detection of thyroid diseases during mass screening.