Mineral waters from Spring 1 and Spring 1 bis from Slănic
Moldova - molecular mechanisms responsible for triggering
the prophylactic and therapeutic effects

Mangalia balneary resort is situated in the south of the Black Sea and uses sulphurous water springs for rehabilitation therapy. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of Mangalia sulphurous water on Helicobacter Pylori (H. Pylori) infection. Considering that sulfurous water has a bacteriostatic effect and that most gastritis are caused by H. Pylori infection, we propose that a group of 27 H. Pylori positive patients with or without digestive symptoms ingest sulfurous water daily, for a few days. At the end of the study, 15 of the patients tested negative for H pylori antigen. The curative effects are due to the bacteriostatic effect of sulfurous water and its stimulating action on the digestive tube.

Eficacy of sulfurous water from Mangalia in Helicobacter Pylori infection: a clinical study

Dumitrescu,

Suceveanu,

Iliescu

et al. 2024

Spa Center as the Economic Engine of the Municipal Business Ecosystem: Case of Banja Koviljača Organizational Network

Jokić,

Čudanov

2024

This paper addresses the role of the Spa Health Resort as the Economic Engine of the Mu-nicipal Business Ecosystem. Usualy a single larger enterprise drives the local economy at the municipal level, and in the case of Serbia that company has often been from heavy in-dustries. For many transitional economies, local communities have been supported by the main municipal organization, identified in the literature under the terms economic engine, anchor, driver, powerhouse, catalyst, hub or lifeline. Most literature defines it as a compa-ny that plays a pivotal role in propelling municipal economic growth and development, acting as the source of economic stability and resilience within the municipality. Our re-search is based on dataset gathered from the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, extracted from the annual financial and business reports of 80,737 companies and sole entrepre-neurs in Serbia from 2013 to 2022 and supplemented by detailed insights into business reports of hypothesized economic engine. Our findings support the hypothesis that Spe-cialized Rehabilitation Hospital Banja Koviljaca's acts as economic engine for the region. Conclusion is that investment in balneo industry returns mutlifold benefits of different categories to the community and the state.

Non-invasive Physiotherapeutic Approaches in Biliary Dyskinesia

Costescu,

Calin,

Țîrlea

et al. 2024

Biliary dyskinesia seems to be an enigmatic, idiopathic but important pathology in terms of recurrent abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant, under the right costal border, in patients who feel the symptoms despite the non-detection of gallstones or tumors. The pathology can be the result of an improper response to hormonal stimu-lation, hypoactivity of the nerves that innervate the gallbladder or ineffective contrac-tion of the sphincter of Oddi. The application of a non-invasive physiother-apy treatment with interference current, aiming to stimulate the motility of the gallbladder walls, resulting in a physiological activity but also an increase in the pain threshold. Periodic evaluations of the patients' condition to determine their condition. Increasing the quality of life of affected patients. In the study undertaken, the patients were subjected to a constant treatment with interference cur-rent therapy, following both the reaction to and the recording of possible adverse ef-fects on the treatment of the late application, which appeared after the therapy. Consistent positive results were obtained in increasing the motility of the gallbladder in the medium and long term, decreasing the dysfunctional discomfort, considerably decreasing the pain threshold level of the patients, increasing the patients' quality of life with the resumption of productive activities. The application of inter-ference current in biliary dyskinesias reveals an increased efficiency both after the first cure and after consecutive cures consistently applied at 5-month intervals for long-term effects and removing the perspective of a possible surgical intervention. Reduc-ing pain and disconfort, increasing the quality of life of the affected patients is a wish fulfilled in the treated patients