Vol 20, No 2 (2013)

This article delivers an analysis of the chronic tonsillitis prevalence on the territory of the Russian Federation for the federal districts and in different ethnic groups of children’s population living in the North (Near the Arctic and the Arctic regions). The study has been conducted on the base of an analysis of information received from the Federal Children’s Health Examination Monitoring Database for 5 years (2005—2009). Statistically-valid higher prevalence of the chronic tonsillitis among the children of the indigenous people of the North has been detected. Considering such specificity as reduced cell energy exchange among the indigenous (Mongoloid) population which was formed as a result of centuries-long adaptation to the climatic extremes, a guess has been made that cell energy exchange contributed to formation of the chronic tonsillitis in the children.

One of the main objectives of maritime medicine is to reduce morbidity among operators of compound technical systems. It is known that chronic stress is one of the reasons of somatic disease development in this category of persons. In the article, the autonomic, mental, and emotional status of deep-sea facilities operators with different duration of professional activity have been integrally assessed. According to the results of the analysis of these indicators, there have been detected peculiarities of psycho-vegetative status depending on duration of exposure to stress factors; and have been identified the “target organs” for development of pathology in the operators with different experience.

The effect of smoking on the capacity of an organism to adapt to heliogeophysical perturbations was studied. Monitoring data were analyzed using the automatic search of group effects. It has been shown that the cardiovascular system of smoking men was more reactive than the same system of smoking women, and men possessed lower abilities to adapt to the natural and anthropogenic factors effects.

The article presents results of a psychological study of the population of the monoprofile town of Novodvinsk which, as any monoprofile towns, is a special socio-territorial community. The specificity of this type of settlement gives an opportunity to study psychological well-being in renditions of certain territorial, political, economic and cultural isolation, what, firstly, provides priority of «local» problems in the minds of people; secondly, increases significance of such a factor as psychological well-being of population in monoprofile towns. Most studies of monoprofile towns are connected with research of socio-economic and environmental aspects. But it is also worthwhile noting that problems of psychological well-being, subjective well-being, socio-psychological adaptation and socio-cultural self-determination within the framework of social relations in monoprofile towns have not been studied enough.

Magnesium is one of the most important bioelements which is necessary for normal functioning of organisms. Magnesium is particularly important during pregnancy. Magnesium deficiency can result in a number of complications for both a woman and a fetus. Magnesium sulphate 25 % solution is widely and successfully applied in a number of obstetric cases. However, its impact on a fetus and a newborn child remains a matter of research and discussions.

5 декабря 2012 года отделом экологического мониторинга и биомедицинских технологий ГКУ Ямало-Ненецкого автономного округа «Научный центр изучения Арктики» был проведен семинар «Арктическая медицина, биология, экология». Организаторами семинара выступили Департамент по науке и инновациям ЯмалоНенецкого автономного округа и «Научный центр изучения Арктики». Участниками его стали ученые и специалисты, работающие в области охраны окружающей среды, экологии и полярной медицины, в том числе представители ФГБУ «НИИ экологии человека и гигиены окружающей среды (НИИ ЭЧ и ГОС) им. А. Н. Сысина» Минздрава РФ (Москва), Сибирского государственного медицинского университета (Томск), Департамента образования, Департамента информации и общественных связей, Роспотребнадзора и других организаций Ямало-Ненецкого автономного округа (Салехард, Надым). Тематика семинара близка широкому кругу специалистов: практическим врачам, организаторам здравоохранения, специалистам по охране труда, руководителям предприятий, использующих вахтовый труд, экологам предприятий, преподавателям биологии и экологии, специалистам муниципального управления.