[The spa and health resort-based treatment of the women of various employments presenting with arterial hypertension].

Aim: The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of balneotherapy for the women of various employments presenting with arterial hypertension.

Material And Methods: The study included 57 women with stage I (n=29) and II (n=28) hypertension. One study group was comprised of 28 female motor drivers including taxi-drivers (n=12), personal car drivers (n=7), and trolleybus drivers (n=9) at the mean age of 46,2±6,9 years suffering from occupational emotional stress (OES) and systematic psychoemotional tension (PET).

[The spa and resort-based health-promoting treatment of the vehicle drivers suffering from duodenal ulcer disease: the effectiveness and safety].

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and the safety of the spa and resort-based health-promoting treatment of the vehicle drivers (VD) presenting with duodenal ulcer disease.

Material And Methods: A total of 67 men suffering from duodenal ulcer disease (DUD) were allocated to two groups. The patients of group 1 (n = 35) were given the courses of balneotherapy that included bromine-iodine mineral baths with a temperature of 36-37 degrees C (8-9 procedures 10-15 min long each every second day) in combination with 8-9 peloid applications to the epigastric region (temperature 38-40 degrees C for 10-15 min every second day).

[Students' free work at the Department of Internal Propedeutics is an important part of an educational process].

The paper presents different forms of students' free work, which have been approved at the Department of Internal Propedeutics, such patient examination; preparation of a piece and an academic case history; night duties in a clinic; attending conferences on deontology; training in the simulation center, medical practice, assessment of practical skills and knowledge at the examination. These work forms enhance the efficiency of an educational process and extend the capabilities of mastering clinical examination methods and molding deontological culture in students.

[Transportation medicine--experience, problems, prospects, right for recognition].

Analysis of most important Russian and foreign publications dedicated to vehicle drivers health condition, driving quality deterioration due to chronic noninflectional diseases, traffic accidence frequency and their outcome, also lack of considerable scientific and practical projects in this field of science--is a basis to acknowledge traffic medicine in Russian Federation.

[The effectiveness and safety of the balneotherapeutic treatment of the mechanical transport drivers suffering heart rhythm disorders].

Aim: To estimate the effectiveness and safety of the balneotherapeutic treatment of the of mechanical transport drivers (MTD) suffering heart rhythm and cardiac conduction (HR&CC) disorders with concomitant arterial hypertension (AH) treated based at a Nalchik health resort.

Material And Methods: A total of 42 MTD (all men) presenting with HR&CC disorders and I-II grade AH were admitted for the balneotherapeutic treatment at a Nalchik health resort using two main approaches, viz. (a) thermal nitrogen mineral baths 36-37 degrees C in the form of 22 courses consisting of 8-10 sessions each (10-15 min every other day) and (b) bromine-iodine mineral baths 36-37 degrees C in the form of 20 courses consistingof 8-10 sessions each (10-15 min every other day).