Letter: giardiasis from Russia.

Surgical Procedures with Questionable Indications: A Letter from Russia

Partial isolation of Russian medicine and medical research from the international community had consequences for the healthcare. Obviously, it is one of the causes of the relatively low life expectancy [1]. According to the author’s estimates after a practice abroad, an average size of malignant tumors in surgical specimens was considerably larger in central Moscow clinics compared to hospitals...

On the scientific misconduct: a letter from Russia

Conflict of interest: none. In an editorial on scientific misconduct, Glina points out two important issues: the pressure to publish for attainment of academic positions, and the difficulty of detecting fraud in scientific research(1). The editorial agrees with our experience in Russia, where no articles have been retracted so far. During the 1990s, detection of scientific misconduct seemed to ...

Giardiasis.

The recent near-epidemic incidence of Giardia lamblia infection in visitors to the Soviet Union illustrates the importance of this intestinal flagellate as a cause of diarrhea in travelers worldwide. Clinical states range from the asymptomatic cyst-passing stage, to the chronic or subacute stage mimicking gallbladder or ulcer disease, to the transient or, rarer, persistent acute stage with stea...

Giardiasis

Letter from Russia: child abuse and alcohol misuse in a victim.