RESULTS: The total number of eosinophils was significantly increased in the group of asthma patients versus second and third group. We found that the presence of ECP demonstrate an ongoing inflammation, with or without clinical symptoms of asthma patients. There was significant difference between the values of ECP of asthma patients versus second and third group. Our results have shown that IL-...

Over the past 20 years, the requested informations for drugs safety and efficacy are expanded with data about patient results, cost and cost-effectiveness, which increased significantly the соsts of pharmaceutical companies. Direct comparisons must be carried out with other drug product and these pharmacoeconomic comparisons are called Phase IV or post-marketing studies. Cost analysis focuses o...

In the presented case report, we evaluated the mechanism of the external iliac, the common femoral and the superficial femoral arterial thrombosis secondary to total hip arthroplasty. A 75year-old female sufferd from 5.5 cm shorter left lower limb and same sade coxarthritis. Next day after arthroplasty and eqalisation of the lower limbs, an acute ishemia of the treated leg was presented. Multys...

OPENING REMARKS TO THE READERS OF SPECIAL ISSUE “BALTIC JOURNAL LEGAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES”

Many of the intricacies of health feature regularly in news reports depicting, medical practices, specific diseases, breakthroughs in treatment, and lifestyle-orientated interventions. Despite social scientists also demonstrating the importance of economic prosperity, community cohesion, stress, material hardship and stigma for health, such social determinants are often absent from health news....

Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent antigen-presenting cells and play a crucial role in the regulation of immune response and migration of DCs into secondary lymphoid tissues also play an important role in the initiation of innate and adaptive immunity. Radiation therapy is now a routine treatment for certain types of cancer and over 20 percent of cancer patients will require radiation th...

An evaluation of lesions in the livers of Black and White cattle, aged 4 to 7, naturally infested with Fasciola hepatica was performed. The studies included a comprehensive analysis of histological lesions and liver enzyme activities determined with histochemical methods depending on the degree of natural Fasciola hepatica infestation. The studies revealed increased number of reticular fibres, ...

Results: Pearson’s correlation indicated a significant positive association between changes in NC and changes in body mass index and WC in both men and women. ROC analysis showed that the area under the curve (AUC) for NC and BMI >25 kg/m2 was 0.80 for men, 0.69 for women, respectively, while that for BMI>30 kg/m2 was 0.88 for men, 0.75 for women, respectively. NC ≥ 38 cm for men and ≥ 36 cm fo...