Introduction. Osteoporosis is a systemic health condition, predominantly in the skeleton, characterized by the decreasing bone strength and bone density as well as by the modification of this structure, being prone to an increased fracture risk. The bone strength of the bone depends on the density and quality of the bone. The bone density was measured by DEXA imagery investigation which uses the dual absorptiometry by X-rays.Material and method. The study was conducted over a period of one year on a total of 30 patients diagnosed with osteoporosis, age 50-70 years. For the assessment of the pain, the visual analogue-VAS scale was used to assess the quality of life-the Qualeffo-41 questionnaire and for assessing fracture risk-the FRAX scorer. The bone mineral density was assessed by the DEXA assay in the lumbar spine and femur using the T score. The patients received pharmacological treatment with bisphosphonates and performed a kinetotherapy program 2 times a week.Results. Patients participating in the study were 60 years old. The repartition depending on the life environment has revealed a greater frequency of the disorder in rural areas than the urban area. The values of the T-student test were statistically significant for the spine (p=0.0006) and for the hip (p=0.03)Conclusions. Research was based on the use of diagnostic utility indices such as bone mineral density, data that correlate with DEXA investigation and fracture risk. Determination of fracture risk with the FRAX score is important in order to identify those patients who need therapy and at the same time to assess the efficiency/cost ratio for the applied therapy. Osteoporosis is a public health problem requiring early diagnosis to optimize therapeutic strategies

The world has changed rapidly in recent months as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on all areas of socio-economic life. The crisis directed, in a first phase, the efforts of the whole society in the direction of ensuring the public health, and later also towards the economic recovery by resuming the human activities. In this context, housing has been a point of stability and a starting point for all efforts, and access to adequate housing has proven its importance for ensuring the health and well-being of the population. The purpose of the research is to highlight a series of housing affordability problems pre-existent and new problems arising from the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the housing sector in Romania. The present research highlights pre-existing problems in the general picture of housing at the national level, how these issues condition access to adequate and affordable housing, the emergence of new risk groups in the population in terms of access to housing, highlights the impact of the pandemic on the ability of households to bear housing costs and proves that housing insecurity is exacerbated by the effects of the crisis. The analyzes used data provided by the National Institute of Statistics, Eurostat, the Quality of Life Research Institute as well as reports prepared by specialized European organizations.

Osteoarthritis is a condition that causes pain and invalidity in people over 40. The patient feels pains, limitation of mobility, physical dysfunction, joint cramps, in stability and walking disorders. The study aims at assessing the effects of ultrasound application and at quantifying the results obtained in order to increase the patients' quality of life that were diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis. The objectives pursued in the study were: to reduce pain, to keep /increase joint mobility, to increase muscle strength, to reduce in stabilit, to minimize physical disability and to increase the patients' quality of life. The study was conducted in an ambulatory regime and respected ethical and deontological principles. The patients' assessment was performed at the beginning and at end of the treatment after 10 days and at the examination after 45 days. In the patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis it was found that the use of combined ultrasound, pulsed formed and kinetotherapy treatment in the study group allowed, in addition to the pain reduction, also the mobility and joint function increase, compared only to the kinetotherapy applied to the control group.

In the last decade, strange as it may seem, the perception of ordinary people about well-being and comfort is less related to the economic-progressive, technological and industrial aspect which continuously causes side effects that result in the suppression of other values. necessary for human beings, including the right to a healthy and environmentally friendly environment, harmless products and food safety. However, in today’s reality, economic theories are still supported, according to which any process evolves between two poles - production and consumption - in a relationship of interdependence, so of recognizing the active role of each of them. In this context, in the fight against the degradation of environmental factors, the first and foremost action should be directed towards the precise identification of the pollutant, followed by a detailed study of the methods and the intensity of the impact with which it acts on it. Although, initially the doctrine, but also the legislator considered economic activity as the main source of pollution, in the last decade, the eyes are also on the consumer, by whom depends on the amount of waste, technical condition and functionality of impacted products, control and possibility of reducing negative influences on the environment. This reality determines the need to change the consumer’s attitude towards the environment by linking his responsibility to that of the producer, both being treated from the position of potential aggressors, but at the same time, promoters of environmental values suggested by the legislator to take into account. production and consumption.