Morphological and Immunohistochemical Features of the Heart under the Effect of Hydrogen Sulfide Balneotherapy.

The effects of hydrogen sulfide baths and sulfide-silt mud applications on the abdominal wall were studied in outbred white rats. Heart preparations stained with hematoxylin and eosin were analyzed and the mean numbers of cells expressing Ki-67, Nkx-2.5, and mesenchymal stem cell markers were determined.

[Potentiation of the effect of peloid balneotherapy during the treatment of non-specific pains in the lower back].

The natural factors of the "Kluchi" resort are successfully used for the medical rehabilitation of the patients suffering from nonspecific pain in the lower back for a long time. The present comprehensive study of the painful psychovegetative status and the level of blood serotonin included 78 patients presenting with lumbar dorsopathy. After the course of the treatment based at the "Kluchi" health resort, the most significant improvement in the patient's condition was documented in the case of the combination of peloid balneotherapy with magnetic laser therapy and application of efthidermum MPE to the lumbar region.

[The effectiveness of short courses of balneopeloidtherapy of dorsopathies based at the "Kliuchi Health Resort"].

Natural therapeutic factors are successfully used at the Klyuchi health resort for the rehabilitation of the patients presenting with dorsopathies. A total of 120 patients with this condition were examined for the evaluation of their algic and psychovegetative status before and after the balneopeloid therapeutic treatment in combination with transcranial electrostimulation of the brain. Serum serotonin levels were measured during the same periods.

[The problems of antihypertensive balneotherapy].

This review is devoted to the challenging problems of balneotherapeutics, such as the mechanisms of antihypertensive balneotherapy and its optimization. The experience of the authors with the practical application of chloride - sodium, iodine - bromide, and hydrogen sulfide mineral baths is analysed in comparison with the literature data. The role, dosage regimen, and duration of balneotherapeutic treatment as well as the effectiveness of its combination with medicamental therapy are considered.

[The effectiveness of sulfate magnesium-calcium mineral water for the treatment of the patients presenting with chronic acalculous cholecystitis].

This paper was designed to report the results of investigations into the therapeutic effectiveness of "Kluchi" sulfate magnesiumcalcium mineral water used to treat 194 patients presenting with chronic acalculous cholecystitis and different types of biliary tract dysfunction. The control group was comprised of 92 patients who took a diet. It was shown, that mineral water "Kluchi" exerted well apparent beneficial action on the motor function of the gallbladder and the sphincter apparatus.