[The evaluation of the effectiveness of the application of bischofite-modified yellow clay (an experimental studi)].

Background: The topical problems in balneotherapeutics and health resort activities in general are the development of the yellow clay-based preparations enriched in the natural mineral bischofite and the investigation of their therapeutic effects with the purpose of improvement of their curative potential.

Aim: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the course of the experimental therapeutic applications of the yellow clay obtained by the open pit mining of its deposits located in the vicinity of Pyatigorsk and modified by the addition of bischofite.

Material And Methods: The experiments were carried out with the use of 57 eugamic Wistar male rats with adjuvant arthritis.

[The role of the combined balneotherapeutic treatment as the 'add-back therapy' against the background of the anti-hormonal effects of the agonists of gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the women suffering from endometriosis genitalis externa].

Background: The use of agonists of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) for the rehabilitation treatment of the patients presenting with endometriosis genitalis externa is known to significantly enhance the risk of development of hypoestrogenism. The so-called 'add-back-therapy' is carried out as a preventive measure to eliminate hypoestrogenism caused by the intake of GnRH agonists without detriment to the effectiveness of anti-hormonal therapy.

Aim: The objective of the present study was to estimate the effectiveness of the new method ('add-back hormone replacement therapy') in comparison with anti-hormonal therapy with the use of GRH agonists at the stage of the early postoperative medical rehabilitation based on the drinking of mineral waters (MW) and radon therapy (RT) in the patients who had undergone the laparoscopic interventions for the treatment of endometrioid heterotopies of the ovaries (1-3 months post-operatively).

[Balneotherapy to the treatment of patients with hysteromyoma].

Patients with hysteromyoma are treated by radon therapy and balneotherapy with the use of iodine-bromine water. Radon therapy is known to produce a more pronounced effect than drinking of iodine-bromine water. At the same time, the latter treatment activates hyperemic processes in the skin and mucous membranes and thereby decreases density of myometrial nodular lesions and compact foci.

[Effect of radon baths of various concentrations on patients with genital endometriosis].

The study of the effect of radon water in different concentrations (1.5 and 6.5 kBk/l) on a clinical status and endocrine system of patients with genital endometriosis has detected a positive action of both concentrations.