Death at the Dead Sea

Spa therapy for ankylosing spondylltis at the Dead Sea.

BACKGROUND The efficacy of spa therapy in ankylosing spondylitis has not been investigated extensively. OBJECTIVE To study the efficacy of balneotherapy and climatic therapy (climatotherapy) at the Dead Sea area in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. METHODS In a single-blind randomized controlled study, 28 patients suffering from ankylosing spondylitis were allocated into two groups of 1...

Balneotherapy at the Dead Sea area for knee osteoarthritis.

BACKGROUND Balneotherapy at the Dead Sea area has been applied in various inflammatory rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. The efficacy of balneotherapy at the Dead Sea area for the treatment of degenerative rheumatic diseases has not yet been formally evaluated. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of balneotherapy at the Dead Sea area in patients suffering...

Wind Channeling by the Dead-Sea Wadis

Wind channeling by small wadis of few kilometers width at the Dead-Sea area is demonstrated with highresolution modeling. Previous works have not shown such channeling in very small rivers due to computation difficulties on the mesoand the lack of suitable observations for verification. The wind channeling is demonstrated in three wadis, and was verified by meteorological model simulations on t...

Brain death, cardiac death, and the dead donor rule.

Quality of life at the dead sea region: the lower the better? an observational study

BACKGROUND The Dead Sea region, the lowest in the world at 410 meters below sea level, is considered a potent climatotherapy center for the treatment of different chronic diseases. OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of chronic diseases and the quality of life of residents of the Dead Sea region compared with residents of the Ramat Negev region, which has a similar climate, but is situated 600...