Value of Sulphur Baths

Improving homocysteine levels through balneotherapy: effects of sulphur baths.

BACKGROUND Plasma homocysteine (tHcy) is a risk factor for cardio-vascular diseases. Furthermore it has been associated with antioxidative status. Additionally balneotherapeutic sulphur baths have been shown to influence antioxidative status. METHODS 40 patients with degenerative osteoarthrosis were randomised into two equal groups, a treatment group, receiving stationary spa therapy plus dai...

Oxidative stress, hemoglobin content, superoxide dismutase and catalase activity influenced by sulphur baths and mud packs in patients with osteoarthritis.

BACKGROUND/AIM It is weel-known that sulphur baths and mud paks demonstrate beneficial effects on patients suffering from degenerative knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) through the increased activity of protective antioxidant enzymes. The aim of this study was to assess lipid peroxidation level, i.e., malondialdehyde concetration, in individuals with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis (OA), as well ...

Buxton: Its Baths and Climate

Decoherence by engineered quantum baths

Davide Rossini, Tommaso Calarco, 3 Vittorio Giovannetti, Simone Montangero, 4 and Rosario Fazio 1 NEST-CNR-INFM & Scuola Normale Superiore, piazza dei Cavalieri 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and BEC-CNR-INFM, I-38050 Povo, Italy ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Institut für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Universit...

Avian Assemblages at Bird Baths: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Bird Baths in Australia

Private gardens provide habitat and resources for many birds living in human-dominated landscapes. While wild bird feeding is recognised as one of the most popular forms of human-wildlife interaction, almost nothing is known about the use of bird baths. This citizen science initiative explores avian assemblages at bird baths in private gardens in south-eastern Australia and how this differs wit...