Catalytic Activities of Mineral Waters

Mineral waters in rheumatoid arthritis

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder affecting nearly 1% of adult population. First-line therapies include disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, but creno-balneotherapy is often prescribed in rheumatic disorders and RA is no exception. Objectives: To know the efficacy of creno-balneotherapy in RA. Methods: A Medline based search was made using MeSH terms “balneology”...

Sulphurous Mineral Waters: New Applications for Health

Sulphurous mineral waters have been traditionally used in medical hydrology as treatment for skin, respiratory, and musculoskeletal disorders. However, driven by recent intense research efforts, topical treatments are starting to show benefits for pulmonary hypertension, arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis, ischemia-reperfusion injury, heart failure, peptic ulcer, and acute and chronic infla...

The Mineral Waters and Health Resorts of Europe

Absorbability and utility of calcium in mineral waters.

BACKGROUND Calcium intake in North America remains substantially below recommended amounts. Bottled waters high in calcium could help close that gap. OBJECTIVES The objectives were to summarize and integrate published absorbability and biodynamic data concerning high-calcium mineral waters and to combine these data with hitherto unpublished analyses from my laboratory. DESIGN The usual libr...

Bacteriological and chemical evaluation of overseas mineral waters.

Overseas and imported mineral waters were subjected to visual examination, tested for standard plate count and heterotrophic bacteria, and also analyzed to determine the concentrations of several anions and cations. Some products showed turbidity or color, and several had standard plate count and/or heterotrophic bacteria. One imported natural mineral water product had a high level of standard ...