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• Measuring empowerment in patients with psoriasis: the Psoriasis Empowerment Enquiry in the Routine Practice (PEER) questionnaire.

  Authors: Pagliarello C, Di Pietro C, Paradisi A, Abeni D, Tabolli S Source: Eur J Dermatol. 2010 Mar-Apr;20(2):200-4 DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.0893 Language: English Availability: abstract

• Carbon dioxide balneotherapy and cardiovascular disease

  Authors: Pagourelias ED, Zorou PG, Tsaligopoulos M, Athyros VG, Karagiannis A, Efthimiadis GK Source: Int J Biometeorol. 2011 Sep;55(5):657-63 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0380-7 Language: English Availability: abstract

• Effectiveness of an empowerment-based intervention for psoriasis among patients attending a medical spa.

  Authors: Pagliarello C, Calza A, Armani E, Di Pietro C, Tabolli S Source: Eur J Dermatol. 2011 Jan-Feb;21(1):62-6 DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.1197 Language: English Availability: abstract

• Hyperthermia by bathing in a hot spring improves cardiovascular functions and reduces the production of inflammatory cytokines in patients with chronic heart failure.

  Authors: Oyama J, Kudo Y, Maeda T, Node K, Makino N Source: Heart Vessels. 2013 Mar;28(2):173-8 DOI: 10.1007/s00380-011-0220-7 Language: English Availability: abstract

• The effectiveness of balneotherapy in chronic low back pain.

  Authors: Onat ŞŞ, Taşoğlu Ö, Güneri FD, Özişler Z, Safer VB, Özgirgin N Source: Clin Rheumatol. 2014;33(10):1509-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-014-2545-y Language: English Availability: abstract

• The effect of balneotherapy on antioxidant, inflammatory, and metabolic indices in patients with cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension and obesity)--a randomised, controlled, follow-up study.

  Authors: Oláh M, Koncz A, Fehér J, Kálmánczhey J, Oláh C, Nagy G, Bender T Source: Contemp Clin Trials. 2011 Nov;32(6):793-801 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2011.06.003 Language: English Availability: abstract

• The effect of balneotherapy on C-reactive protein, serum cholesterol, triglyceride, total antioxidant status and HSP-60 levels.

  Authors: Oláh M, Koncz A, Fehér J, Kálmánczhey J, Oláh C, Balogh S, Nagy G, Bender T Source: Int J Biometeorol. 2010 May;54(3):249-54 DOI: 10.1007/s00484-009-0276-6 Language: English Availability: abstract

• Comparative efficacy of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in fibromyalgia syndrome: network meta-analysis.

  Authors: Nüesch E, Häuser W, Bernardy K, Barth J, Jüni P Source: Ann Rheum Dis. 2013 Jun;72(6):955-62 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-201249 Language: English Availability: abstract

• The antiapoptotic effects of sulphurous mineral water and sodium hydrosulphide on diabetic rat testes.

  Authors: Sadik NA, El-Seweidy MM, Shaker OG Source: Cell Physiol Biochem. 2011;28(5):887-98 DOI: 10.1159/000335803 Language: English Availability: full text

• Effect of spa therapy after intervertebral disc surgery in the cervical spine.

  Authors: Nechvatal P, Takac P, Stehlikova B Source: Bratisl Lek Listy. 2014;115(4):238-42 DOI: 10.4149/BLL_2014_050 Language: English Availability: full text