[The risk factors of health formation in urban and rural women].

The purpose of the study is the socio-hygienic characteristics of the lifestyle and living conditions of urban and rural women and the assessment of their importance in the formation of health. The materials of the study were: the number of newly registered chronic diseases for 5 years, the average number of complaints about diseases during the year, the results of the survey. A socio-hygienic study shows that among urban women there are more divorced women than among rural women, fewer widows, urban women have higher levels of education, more permanent jobs, low physical activity, etc. Rural women were distinguished from urban women by lower level of education, low medical activity, frequent alcohol consumption, lower income, etc. Among urban women, more than in the first health assessment group (18.4% of women), among rural women 14.6% and less than in the third health assessment group (30.2%). Among rural women, 36.0% were in the third health assessment group. It was found that the greatest impact on the health of urban women have irrational nutrition, low physical activity, low medical activity, harmful production factors, frequent stress at work and at home, on the health of rural women: low income, low medical activity, mainly physical labor, irrational nutrition, frequent alcohol consumption.

[The application of the acupuncture techniques for the combined treatment of neurotic tics in the children]. / Ispol'zovanie metodov refleksoterapii v kompleksnom lechenii nevroticheskikh tikov u detei.

At present, the frequency of neurosis in the children is growing under the influence of the increasingly intensive stressful factors. The neurotic ticks are one of the manifestations of neurosis in the children characterized by involuntary movements; they are often accompanied by hyperactivity, deficit of attention, fatigue, and headaches. AIM: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture used for the treatment of neurotic tics in the children. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was carried out at the basis of the department of children's rehabilitation of the Moscow city polyclinic #39. All the children were counselled by a neurologist, psychologist, and acupuncturist. An electroencephalogram was obtained from each patient and a questionnaire study involving the patients' parents was conducted. The patients were treated with the application of reflexotherapy and were given recommendations of a psychologist. A total of 30 children at the age from 6 to 12 years were available for the examination. The participants of the study were allocated to two groups depending on the strategy of the outpatient care. Group 1 was comprised of the patients (n=17) who were given 3 courses of reflexotherapy in addition to pharmacotherapy and psychologist's recommendations. The patients included in group 2 served as controls (n=13) and received only medications and psychotherapy without acupuncture. The effectiveness of the treatment was evaluated based on the dynamics of the patients' complaints. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The resullts of the study give evidence of the higher effectiveness of the treatment of the children suffering from neurotic ticks with the application of acupuncture therapy compared with the conventional approach. A few courses of reflexotherapy provided in the combination with pharmacotherapy and the compliance with the recommendations of a psychologist resulted in the more efficient elimination of the neurotic tics together with the associated hyperactivity, deficit of attention, fatigue, and headaches than the use of medication therapy and psychotherapy without acupuncture.

[The Medical Social Characteristics of Rural Women].

The article presents the results of medical social characteristics of rural women aged from 20 to 60 years (average age is 44.6+-1.2 years). One third of them have secondary special education, 75% are married, 46% are working mainly in agricultural sector. Out of all working women 25.8% are exposed to unfavorable industrial factors, 20.3% are working in areas related to intensive labor processes. In 77.3% of respondents there is no centralized water supply and sewerage in home accommodations and there is no gas heating in 45.4% of respondents. About half of all surveyed women mentioned environmental pollution with livestock, poultry keeping and farm enterprises waste. The low level of living was noted more than 80% of respondents. more than 70% suffer from improper feeding and 46% have overweight. The rate of occurrence of chronic diseases made up to 212.3 per 100 examined women. In the structure of morbidity diseases of blood circulation system made up to 28.2%. The health self-estimate of women demonstrated that 2.1% of women consider their health as excellent, 11.3% - as a good one, 54.4% as a satisfactory one and 32.2% as a bad one.