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The mineral waters from Romania have a wide hydrochemical variety. There are three predominant types of mineral waters: salty, sulphurous-sulfate and carbogaseous, in which, according to the nature of locally levigated rocks, some secundary hidrochemical features can appear (iron, arsenium, potasium, calcium, magnesium, chlorine). The mineral waters bottled in Romania can be called gaseous waters, because they contain large quantities of gases, represented mainly by carbon dioxide. Their carbogaseous characteristic is the result of the incorporation of carbon dioxide encountered in their subterranean circulation. The chemical characteristic of the circulation waters is determined by the nature and composition of the rocks levigated by them, in both their descendant and ascensional movement. In this way there are created the mineral waters with specific and sometimes complex compositions, such as acid-carbonic (arsenical, ferruginous), clorosodic, calcium bicarbonated etc. Mineral waters as therapeutic factors are most frequently used for internal cure (crenotherapy) and, depending on their composition, they are also used for external cures, for bathing, inhalations, irrigations etc. Although the cure with mineral waters can use various and individualized techniques, according to the type and the stage of the disease, and also to the patient’s reactivity, there is a general scheme for conducting the treatment. European Directive 2009/54/CE forbids to assign a mineral water the property to prevent, treat or cure some diseases. However, there is accepted to be mentioned on the label of mineral waters some general indications, such as: “it stimulates digestion”, “it can facilitate the hepatobiliary functions”, “it can have a diuretic effect”, “it can have a laxative effect”, or “it corresponds to a low-sodium diet”, if all these effects had been scientifically proven. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Objective: To observe the therapeutic effect of Parkinson''s disease (PD) treated with acupotome. Methods: Forty-two cases of PD admitted in clinical center of Maiduo, Brasov Romania, were accepted acupotome treatment for cervical and thoracic vertebrae. Treatment spots of cervical vertebrae were located at 1–2 cm besides posterior midline on bilateral sides of spinous process, treatment spots of zygapophyseal joint were fixed 1.5–3 cm lateral to the midline of back, treatment spots of relative zygapophyseal joints and spinous points of T1–T5 were fixed 1.5–2.5 cm lateral to the posterior midline. After treatment, modified Webster Rating Scale was evaluated on therapeutic effect. Results: Thirty-one cases had significant effect, occupying 73.8 %; 11 cases were effective with 26.2 %. The total effective rate was 100% (42/42). Conclusion Acupotome for PD shows beneficiary therapeutic effect. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

During January 2004 - December 2009, we performed a clinical study based on the casuistry of the 1st Plastic Surgery Department, Mures County Hospital, Targu Mures. We analyzed the incidence of basal cell carcinoma according to age groups, gender, type of basal cell carcinoma, localization and surgical techniques used to cover skin and soft tissue defects after tumour excision. Extensive, intensive indexes and mean values were calculated. We also measured the differences between the variations of series by using Person's chi-square statistic. The F (Fisher) test was applied to check if the two distributions present significant differences. Through our research, we wished to contribute to a common understanding necessary for anatomical and surgical studies in relation to possible approaches to minimally invasive surgical techniques in the context of interdisciplinary clinical approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]