DISH is clearly a distinct disorder with risk factors that distinguish it from other spinal degenerative diseases.

These results indicate a significantly higher immunity to small proteoglycans in RA and seronegative spondylarthropathies than in OA suggesting a possible involvement in the pathogenesis of inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

The continuous supplementation of anticancer therapies with the medical nutriment MSC helps to reduce the incidence of treatment-related febrile neutropenia in children with solid cancers.

The high prevalence of obesity both in elderly men and women and its strong association with chronic diseases causes economical and social burden for Hungary. Strategies and programs for weight maintenance as well as weight reduction must become a higher public health priority.