Peace between Israel and Palestine?

Talking to a relative of mine who lives in Israel, we exchanged by email about the Hamas terrorist attack and the brutal re-sponse of the Israeli Armed Forces that affected the entire Pal-estinian population of Gaza. He spoke to me about the moral right of the Jewish people to exist and I replied that the Pales-tinian people also had the moral right to exist. That ended the respectful dialogue we had.

PEMOCS: Evaluating the effects of a concept-guided, PErsonalised, MOtor-Cognitive exergame training on cognitive functions and gait in chronic Stroke-study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Background: Many stroke survivors remain with residual cognitive and motor impairments despite receiving timely acute and sub-acute rehabilitation. This indicates that rehabilitation following stroke should be continuous to meet the needs of individual stroke patients. Both cognitive and motor functions are essential for mastering daily life and, therefore, should be aimed at with rehabilitation.

[The association of polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter gene SLC6A4 with depression].

Objective: To study the relationship of polymorphic variants of the SLC6A4 gene with depression among people aged 25-44 years in Novosibirsk.

Material And Methods: Under the WHO program «MONICA-psychosocial (MOPSY)», a random representative sample of people aged 25-44 years from the population of the Oktyabrsky district of Novosibirsk (men =725, mean age 43.4±0.

[The effect of a medicinal plant preparation on the frequency of episodes of exacerbation of recurrent cystitis and metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus taking glyphlosins].

Background: The problem of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM 2) is relevant, especially when there is a combination of predisposing factors, such as female gender, history of UTI episodes, and therapy with sodium glucose cotransporter type 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors, and the choice of effective and safe means could cause some difficulties, including ina terms of the burden of antibiotic resistance.

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the phytoproduct Canephron N for the prevention of exacerbations of recurrent cystitis and the effect on metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes taking SGLT-2 inhibitors.

Materials And Methods: Prospective, randomized, open, parallel group study in 60 women.

Metabolic Blood Hormones in Young People With Electrocardiographic Signs of Ischemic Myocardial Changes.

Aim    To study changes in blood concentrations of metabolic hormones and adipocytokines in people aged 25-44 years with electrocardiographic (ECG) signs of ischemic changes in the myocardium.Material and methods This study was a part of a cross-sectional survey of a random sample of Novosibirsk population aged 25-44 years. The study included 1363 people divided into two groups: group 1, subjects with ECG signs of ischemic changes in the myocardium and group 2, subjects without ECG changes.

Guselkumab in Patients With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis: QUASAR Phase 2b Induction Study.

Background & Aims: The QUASAR Phase 2b Induction Study evaluated the efficacy and safety of guselkumab, an interleukin-23p19 subunit antagonist, in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (UC) with prior inadequate response and/or intolerance to corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, and/or advanced therapy.

Methods: In this double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging, induction study, patients were randomized (1:1:1) to receive intravenous guselkumab 200 or 400 mg or placebo at weeks 0/4/8. The primary endpoint was clinical response (compared with baseline, modified Mayo score decrease ≥30% and ≥2 points, rectal bleeding subscore ≥1-point decrease or subscore of 0/1) at week 12.

"Standing alone": understanding the self-management of family caregivers of persons post-stroke at the time of acute care.

Purpose: To support family caregivers of persons post-stroke adequately from the start and to develop self-management interventions, we aim to gain a better understanding of family caregivers experiences at the time of acute care and therefore achieve a better understanding of how they manage their new situation.

Methods And Materials: We chose a qualitative descriptive methodology using individual semi-structured interviews with eleven family caregivers of persons post-stroke. We conducted interviews retrospectively, between 2 and 10 months post-stroke, and analysed transcripts using thematic analysis.

[Genes of the circadian rhythm and sleep disorders in an open population of men aged 25-64 years (an epidemiological study under the WHO MONICA-PSYCHOSOCIAL program)].

Objective: To study an effect of polymorphisms of genes encoding circadian rhythm proteins () on sleep disorders in men aged 25-64 years.

Material And Methods: The general examination was carried out according to standard methods included in the WHO MONICA-psychosocial (MOPSY) program. The standard Jenkins questionnaire was used to study sleep disorders.

HIF-1α- and HIF-2α-Immunopositive Neurons and Capillaries in the Prefrontal Cerebral Cortex of Rats with Experimental Myocardial Infarction.

The quantitative content of HIF-1α- and HIF-2α-immunopositive brain neurons in Wistar rats was studied 1, 15, and 30 days after modeling of myocardial infarction. In rats of the control group, the immunohistochemical markers HIF-1α and HIF-2α in the prefrontal cortex of the brain were determined in few pale-colored neurons and capillaries. One day after myocardial infarction simulation, the number of HIF-1α neurons increased, and on day 15 it reached the maximum level: the concentration of immunopositive neurons and capillaries increased by 24.

Cytokine Profile and Concentrations of Metabolic Hormones in the Blood of Overweight Men with Coronary Arteriosclerosis.

Plasma concentrations of cytokines and metabolic hormones and their association with vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques were studied in 36 overweight men (age 40-77 years; BMI 25.0-29.9 kg/m) with coronary atherosclerosis who underwent coronary endarterectomy.

Associations of adipokines and metabolic hormones with low-density lipoprotein hypercholesterolemia in men and women under 45 years of age.

Aim    To study the adipokine profile in young people with hypercholesterolemia and low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and to evaluate the relationship between concentrations of LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) and metabolic hormones in men and women younger than 45 years. Material and methods    This study included 304 subjects (group 1, 56 men with LDL-C concentration <2.1 mmol/l; group 2, 87 men with LDL-C concentration ≥4.

Adipokines and adipocytokines in men with coronary atherosclerosis and overweight.

Aim    To study concentrations of adipokines and their associations with proinflammatory cytokines in overweight men with coronary atherosclerosis. Material and methods    This study included 79 men aged 45-60 years with atherosclerosis who had undergone coronary endarterectomy during a coronary bypass surgery, and were overweight (body weight index (BWI), 25.0-29.

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USE OF Β-ADRENOBLOCKERS IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE AND CONCOMITANT THYROID PATHOLOGY (LITERATURE REVIEW AND OWN OBSERVATIONS).

The systematization of literature data on the use of β-adrenoblockers in patients with heart failure and concomitant thyroid pathology was carried out, and the results of our own study were presented. It has been suggested that the final chapter in the history of the use of β-adrenoblockers in patients with heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction and thyroid pathology has not yet been written. Further studies are needed, including pharmacogenetic ones.

Novel Method to Assess Endothelial Function via Monitoring of Perfusion Response to Local Heating by Imaging Photoplethysmography.

Endothelial dysfunction is one of the most important markers of the risk of cardiovascular complications. This study is aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of imaging photoplethysmography to assess microcirculation response to local heating in order to develop a novel technology for assessing endothelial function. As a measure of vasodilation, we used the relative dynamics of the pulsatile component of the photoplethysmographic waveform, which was assessed in a large area of the outer surface of the middle third of the subject's forearm.

[Clinical case: early connection of valsartan/sacubitril in the treatment of hypertension].

Metabolic syndrome is a disease the World Health Organization has called a new pandemic of the 21st century. Arterial hypertension is one of the criteria for this diagnosis and a determinant of damage to major target organs. The present clinical case demonstrates an experience of treatment of arterial hypertension associated with metabolic syndrome with a valsartan/sacubitril molecular complex.

E-cigarettes and nicotine abstinence: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Objectives: To determine the effects of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) as a therapeutic intervention compared to nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) on nicotine abstinence.

Methods: Two authors independently searched the PubMed, Embase, PsycInfo and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases for articles published up to and including 10 July 2021. We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in which nicotine e-cigarettes were compared to NRT among current cigarette users.

Feasibility and Reliability of Smartwatch to Obtain Precordial Lead Electrocardiogram Recordings.

The Apple Watch is capable of recording single-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs). To incorporate such devices in routine medical care, the reliability of such devices to obtain precordial leads needs to be validated. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and reliability of a smartwatch (SW) to obtain precordial leads compared to standard ECGs.

Evaluation of MACK-3 parameters, metabolic and fibrotic characteristics of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients with hypertension.

Background: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an inflammatory subtype of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and recent non-invasive test, MACK-3, demonstrated good diagnostic characteristics for fibrosis in several studies. The aim of our study was to assess the liver state using the non-invasive MACK-3 Test, and its link with liver fibrosis stage, inflammatory activity, steatosis, and metabolic markers in NAFLD patients with hypertension (HT).

Methods: Thirty adult NAFLD patients with HT, aged 30 to 60 years (mean age 46.

[CURRENT ISSUES OF BETA-BLOCKERS USE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF COVID-19 (REVIEW)].

Over the past two decades, the world has witnessed severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV (SARS-CoV), an underlying serious diseases, with a high rate of mortality in patients with comorbidities. Taking into account the clinical features of pulmonary edema, septic shock, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, it seems that the severe course of COVID-19 can manifest itself in the body as a sympathetic storm and, possibly, can underlie many of the pathological processes that occur with COVID-19. It is the regulation of the RAAS by the adrenergic system may be crucially important in the course of COVID-19.

Associations of health-related quality of life with sociodemographic characteristics, health, pain, and lifestyle factors, and motivation for changing lifestyle in adults living with chronic pain: a cross-sectional exploratory study.

Objectives: We investigated the associations between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and health, pain and lifestyle factors, as well as motivation for lifestyle changes, in adults living with chronic pain referred to a Danish pain centre.

Methods: A total of 144 outpatients completed a questionnaire on HRQoL (EQ-5D-5L), health, pain, lifestyle factors (Body Mass Index [BMI], physical activity, smoking, alcohol, physical fitness, eating, sleep and stress) and motivation for lifestyle changes. We used multiple linear regression analyses to assess associations between HRQoL and the independent variables.

[Risk factors for pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer].

Aim: To identify and compare the frequency of alcohol consumption, tobacco smoking, levels of main macronutrients, vitamins and mineral elements consumption in patients with acute (AP) and chronic pancreatitis (CP) and pancreatic cancer (PC).

Materials And Methods: At the observational clinical cross-sectional uncontrolled case-study 65 patients with AP or CP (group 1) and 45 patients with PC (group 2) were examined. A survey of patients was carried out: questionnaire on tobacco smoking, a frequency questionnaire on alcohol consumption, a questionnaire for assessing the frequency of food consumption.

Feasibility assessment of an occupational therapy lifestyle intervention added to multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment at a Danish pain centre: a qualitative evaluation from the perspectives of patients and clinicians.

As part of intervention feasibility evaluation before conducting a clinical trial, this study aimed to investigate perspectives of patients and clinicians involved in the occupational therapy lifestyle-oriented programme REVEAL(OT) [Redesign your EVEveryday Activities and Lifestyle with Occupational Therapy] which was added to multidisciplinary chronic pain treatment. We conducted three focus group interviews, two with eight voluntarily selected patients and one with four clinicians. Data were analysed using Braun & Clarke's semantic data-driven analysis.