[Evaluation of the effectiveness of rectal suppositories containing a dense extract from licorice roots at the stage of spa-and-resort rehabilitation of patients with chronic infectious prostatitis].

The objective of the present paper was to evaluate the effectiveness of Suppeksol rectal suppositories applied either as a self-contained therapeutic means or in combination with natural spa-and-resort factors for the rehabilitative treatment of patients with chronic infectious prostatitis. It is shown that Suppeksol suppositories containing a dense extract from licorice roots have beneficial effect on all systems and organs affected by pathological processes associated with chronic prostatitis especially when applied in combination with natural spa-and-resort factors.

[Modern methods of balneotherapy of digestive pathology at the Caucasian Mineral Waters spa-and-resort complex].

Scientists of Pyatigorsky State Research Institute of Balneotherapeutics are actively engaged in developing new medical technologies for rehabilitative treatment of patients with a variety of pathological conditions based on the current knowledge about mechanisms of action of natural therapeutic factors. Most of these original methods are included in the State Inventory of novel medical technologies by the Federal Supervisory Health and Social Development Service. The proposed medical technologies based on the application of natural and man-made physical factors improved general effect of balneotherapy by 15-20% and accelerated recovery from the disease. Specifically, the length of post-treatment remission increased to 7-12 months and duration of temporary disability decreased 2.5-3 times. Sick list payouts and economic expenditures of the state and the patients for medicinal preparations were reduced 3-4-fold while the quality of life and clinical prognosis significantly improved.

[Effect of algal preparations on immunological and biochemical characteristics of rats with adjuvant arthritis].

Investigations with the use of a rat model of adjuvant arthritis have demonstrated long-term immune, biochemical, and anti-inflammatory effects of preparations based on green and brown marine algae from the Anapa region (the Black Sea). Comparative studies showed that the algal preparations are in many cases as efficient in terms of various biological actions as local therapeutic muds.

[Effects of combined action of radon baths and transcranial magnetotherapy on cerebral circulation in patients in an intermediate period of a mild craniocerebral trauma].

The authors propose combined therapy improving cerebral circulation in patients in an intermediate period of a mild craniocerebral trauma. The combination consists of radon baths and transcranial magnetotherapy which raise blood volume filling, relieve vascular resistance, improve venous outflow.

[Ultrasound in prevention of postoperative immunodeficiency].

Phonoprophylaxis of postoperative immunodeficiency was developed and tested in 34 patients. From the first day of hospitalization to the day of elective surgery the patients were daily exposed to ultrasound on the area of the manubrium sterni according to the labile technique through petrolatum or glycerol medium (0.05 W/cm2, 120-150 s, each other day, 4-6 procedures per course). Immune status studies after surgery prove a prophylactic effect of the above ultrasonic procedures.

[A clinical and experimental analysis of the effects of laser therapy]. / Kliniko-éksperimental'nyi analiz éffektov lazerterapii.

Thymus area was exposed to laser radiation in 180 Wistar male rats. Intact animals experienced a stress response to a single laser procedure (a rise in the levels of hydrocortisone, a fall in those of insulin, triiodothyronine and thyroxine). Longer exposure to laser radiation caused a break of the hydrocortisone mechanism. Similar effects were seen in the course exposure. The immune system was unchanged. In adjuvant arthritis laser radiation induced similar hormonal shifts and additional suppression of immunity. In 82 children with active juvenile rheumatoid arthritis laser therapy produced an insignificant effect, while in adults with moderate rheumatoid arthritis the response was good.

[The dynamic laboratory indices of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus during health-resort treatment]. / Dinamika nekotorykh laboratornykh pokazatelei u bol'nykh insulinzavisimym sakharnym diabetom pri kurortnom lechenii.

The immunological status was assessed in 100 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus before and after treatment in sanatorium. The treatment consisted of diet 9a, adequate insulin-therapy, therapeutic exercises, mineral water (drinking and baths), physiotherapy, peloids. Immunological assessment of the treatment effects showed normalization of cellular immunity, enhancement of phagocytosis, positive changes in humoral immunity.