Târgu Lăpuş Region Mineral Waters Characterization

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”...

Dermatological potential of thermo-mineral waters from Beira Interior Region, Portugal

Hydrothermal features in Portugal have been used since ancient times for therapeutic purposes that are mainly distributed in north and central region, being Beira Interior, located in central region, is characterized by eight spas. As for Portuguese thermo-mineral waters there are scarce studies about the characterization of its relation with the beneficial effects on human health. In last deca...

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

Biomimetic mineral self-organization from silica-rich spring waters

Purely inorganic reactions of silica, metal carbonates, and metal hydroxides can produce self-organized complex structures that mimic the texture of biominerals, the morphology of primitive organisms, and that catalyze prebiotic reactions. To date, these fascinating structures have only been synthesized using model solutions. We report that mineral self-assembly can be also obtained from natura...