Search

The paper brings forward some of many achievements of women scientists in the 20th and 21st century medicine. Their essential contributions changed the medical specialities to the present day. The first and perhaps best known laureate is Marie Sklodowska-Curie, who is also the only scientist to win two Nobel Prizes in two different sciences. In total, there were twelve women honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Some of them also showed interest in other fields, like ethics. The most remarcable traits of these female Nobel laureates were ambition, open-mindedness and patience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is frequent functional disease diagnostic in modern medicine and it has big impact on individual quality of life. The contribution of dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiota to the development of disease and illness is already accepted and we can talk about this ecosystem as important "functional organ" and possible target for intervention (medication). Probiotics are live microorganisms, that are used as farmaceutical compounds or nutracetical food (yoghurt) for treatment of IBS, based on the concept that they will favourable influence the functionality of the intestinal microbiota. The probiotic trials should have evaluation of effects from subjective and objective point of wiev (identification and quantification of probiotic at local level) and also the correlation between them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The gastro-esophageal reflux is a physiological phenomenon that incurs at the majority of population, especially after meals as the gastric content gets into the esophagus. The alteration of this physiological process into a pathological one takes place when the amount of gastric content refluxed into the esophagus exceeds the normal limits, rendering the connected symptoms as well as frequent lesions of the esophagus mucous membrane. The clinical traits gastro-esophageal reflux includes a wide range of manifestation, gathering both digestive and extradigestive symptoms. The clinical symptoms of the gastroesophageal reflux present a polymorphic character. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: Vomiting stopping, nausea disappearance and appetite regain in pregnant women in the first quarter. Theoretical references: The blood/energy equilibrium change caused by the pregnancy will provoke an energetic excess in liver and spleen, which will accumulate in the medial and superior regions leading to the phenomenon of blocking through excess. Material and method: The analysis was based on 27 pregnant women with ages between 26-31 years, diagnosed with 10-12 month pregnancy state, presenting loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting which couldn't be stopped through regular treatment and which put mother's health in danger. Interventions war made only through specific MTEO techniques. They were meant to reestablish energy flow by releasing the blockage. Results: Disappearance of symptomatology and realimentation were obtained in all cases, after 3-5 sessions, without relapse. Conclusions: Emetic dysgravidies of first quarter have a therapeutic indication for acupuncture. Observations: 1. High frequency of emetic dysgravidies in primiparous of superior age (26-31 years) was noticed. 2. The favorable effect of associating JIANSCHI (VS5) and DALING (VS7) points is remarkable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]