Benefits of a therapeutic classic dry massage without lubricants

Assoc. prof. Yalovyk A.V., Butkevych V.V. Ukrainian Institute of Arts and Sciences The article discusses a long-standing historical discussion between specialists in massage practice regarding the feasibility, advantages and disadvantages of performing therapeutic classical massage with a dry method without the use of lubricants. An analysis of the scientific works of predecessors and contemporaries on…

The use of the thermal vacuum apparatus in physical rehabilitation for violations of posture

Assoc. prof. Korzhenko I.O., Konovalova O.V. Ukrainian Institute of Arts and Sciences, Bucha, Ukraine The article investigates the problem of posture disorders among children, adolescents and adults. The statistics of children in Ukraine aged 0 to 17 years for 2020, who have a violation of posture, are given. The Sanitary Regulations for educational institutions of…

Сlinic and pathogenic significance of omentin

Prof. Korzh O.M., asst. Fylenko Y.M. Kharkiv National Medical University Today, adipokines are important cellular signaling proteins synthesized by adipose tissue and involved in a variety of processes, including inflammation, lipid and glucose metabolism, insulin sensitivity, endothelial cell function, angiogenesis, blood pressure regulation, and many others. This review examines the immunological and endocrine function of…

Theoretical and methodological principles of medical local study problems’ research in the context of history of medical everyday life

Prof. Robak Ihor, assoc. prof. Alkov Volodymyr, assoc. prof. Demochko Hanna Kharkiv National Medical University Department of Social Sciences The authors of the article focus their attention on theoretical problems of medical local study research through the prism of history of everyday life. First of all, the work touches the methodology and methods of work…

Chronic heart failure and osteoporosis: etiological and clinicalpathogenetic relationships

Prof. Korzh O.M., PHD Korzh I.V. Kharkiv National Medical University Sytenko Institute of Spine and Joint Pathology of National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine Current epidemiological and clinical data confirm the relationship between chronic heart failure (CHF) and osteoporosis (OP), which cannot be explained only by aging and the use of pharmacological drugs. Clinical…

Evaluation of the effectiveness of combined treatment in patients with comorbid COPD and GERD

Asp. Semenova N.V., assoc. prof. Oparina T.M. Kharkiv National Medical University Тherapy department №2 Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is often comorbid with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Such coexisting pathology in the initial stage, which is present in young patients, but poorly studied. The purpose of our study is to study the effectiveness of the…

Comorbid patient: an interdisciplinary problem (literature review)

Prof. Kravchun N.O., assoc. prof. Dunaieva I.P., assoc. prof. Yakovenko O.L., prof. Kravchun P.P.  Kharkiv National Medical University The comorbidity of arterial hypertension (AH), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), obesity leads to the early development of atherosclerotic lesions of coronary and cerebral vessels, which, in turn, significantly accelerates the occurrence of coronary arterial disease (CHD),…

Contemporary antianginal pharmacotherapy: choosing the optimal solution to the problem

Prof. Korzh О.М. Kharkiv National Medical University The formation of antianginal pharmacotherapy has gone a long way, characterized by the search for the main factors of effective pharmacodynamics. The article presents an analysis of the use of drugs with different pharmacological properties in patients suffering from angina pectoris in a historical aspect, shows the evolution…

The art of medicine healing in the postmodern epoch

Prof. Semydotska Zh.D, assoc. prof. Chernyakova I.O, assoc. prof. Avdeyeva O.V. Kharkiv National Medical University Department of Propedeutics of Internal Medicine №2 and Nursing  The article deals with the peculiarities of the development of the mankind, medicine, the art of healing in different periods (pre-industrial, industrial, post-industrial) of the pre-modern, modern, postmodern epochs. Particular attention…

Experience of using the platform of virtual clinical cases CASUS during the training of students at the department of internal medicine

Prof. Zhuravlyova L.V., assoc. prof. Oliinyk M.O., assoc. prof. Fedorov V.O., assoc. prof. Sikalo Y.K. Kharkiv National Medical University Department of Internal Medicine №3 and Endocrinology  The development of medicine places increased demands on the quality of medical services. The quality of medical care and the quality of life of patients should be the basis…

Insulin resistance and cardiovascular diseases: focus on common in pathogenesis and treatment

Prof. Zhuravlyova L.V., asst. Rohachova T.A., assoc. prof. Sokolnikova N.V., assoc. prof. Yankevich O.O. Kharkiv National Medical University Department of Internal Medicine №3 and Endocrinology The prevalence of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes has increased dramatically worldwide over the past 30 years. These diseases have become a worldwide epidemic and the main cause of…

Endotoxicosis and inflammation as predictors of the deepening of panсreatic functional insufficiency in chronic pancreatitis in combination with type 2 diabetes

Prof. Babinets L.S., asp. Zemlyak O.S., doctorant Halabitska I.M. I.Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University According to scientists, a significant role in the progression of chronic pancreatitis (CP) and diabetes mellitus (DM), as well as in the occurrence of complications of these diseases, is played by inflammation and endogenous intoxication by the products of protein breakdown…

Palitation care: the evolution of philosophical and social developments

Prof. Oparin O.A., assoc. prof. Rogozhin B.A., prof. Serdyuk O.I. Kharkiv National Medical University Department of therapy №2,  Department of Social Medicine and Organization of Health Protection Ukrainian Academy of History of Medicine The work shows that in the ancient world, only the people of Israel had principles of providing palliative care at the legislative level,…

Optimization of gastroesophageal reflux disease treatment with concomitant obesity: new approaches and perspectives

Prof. Oparin O.A., Kashyrtseva O.M. Kharkiv National Medical University  In recent decades, there has been a rapid increase in obesity among the working-age population. Excess weight is associated with an elevated risk of developing gastrointestinal pathology, including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness and rationale for the…

New approaches in the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Prof. Sergienko O.I., prof. Oparin A.G., assoc. prof. Novokhatnya А.E.   Kharkiv National Medical University Department of therapy №2 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common causes of liver diseases: 25% of the population of European countries have signs of NAFLD, 10–20% of patients with steatosis develop an inflammatory process (non-alcoholic…

Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease and gut microbiota: pathogenetic relationships and therapeutic target

Prof. Zvyagintseva T.D., assoc. prof. Chernobay A.I.   Kharkiv National Medical University The article presents the characteristics of metabolically associated fatty liver disease (МАFLD) in combination with intestinal microbiota. The risk factors for the development of МАFLD, the importance of the «microbiotaintestine-liver» axis in the progression of fatty liver disease and in the disruption of…

The personalized approach to the prevention of cardiovascular diseases

Prof. Korzh O.M. Kharkiv National Medical University The article presents a number of major updates on the assessment of the risk of cardiovascular complications and the principles of preventive intervention based on the materials of the analyzed clinical recommendations. Previous European guidelines focused on risk stratification and prevention of risk factors, whereas the updated European…

Structural analysis of the causes of female infertility in medical institutions of Kharkiv

Kiriia D.H. Kharkiv National Medical University Female infertility in the modern world remains an urgent problem that requires new algorithms for diagnosis and control of treatment. According to various authors, the first place among the causes of infertility in women is ovarian and menstrual disorders and chronic endometritis (CE). The purpose of the study is…

Immunohistochemical features for prognosis of epithelialmesenchymal transformation and stem cell phenotype of small cell lung cancers

Prof. Irina Yakovtsova1, PhD Oleksandr Yanchevskyi2 1 Kharkiv National Medical University 2 Luhansk State Medical University (Rivne) Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is one of the most aggressive tumor of the human body and has morphological features of cancers with epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT). The aim of our study to improve morphological features for SCLC course…