Saturday 5 April 2003
Organizer S. Bellometti (Pavia, Italy)

Evolving concepts in thermal medicine: current challenges and future solutions

Session I
Chair F. Bertè (Pavia Italy) Abstract No.
9.40-10.00 Priority for research in complementary medicine: what’s the point for rigorous research?
E. Ernst (Exeter/Plymouth, UK)
220
10.00-10.20 Physical Medicine and muscoloskeletal diseases
T. Bender (Budapest, Hungary)
221
10.25-10.50 Health economic considerations in thermal medicine: cost/benefit and cost/effectiveness analysis
L.Garattini (Ranica (BG), Italy)
10.50-11.00 Discussion
11.00 – 11.15 coffee break
Session I
Chair F. Bertè (Pavia, Italy) Abstract No.
11.20-11.40 Antiinflammatory compounds isolated from thermal mud
L. Galzigna (Padua, Italy)
222
11.40-12.00 The typical microflora of the Euganean thermal mud and its pharmacologic products
C. Andreoli (Padua, Italy)
223
12.00-12.20 Advances in arthritis care: antiinflammatory and analgesic efficacy of mud pack therapy
S. Bellometti (Pavia, Italy)
224
12.30-12.15 The influence of lysophosphatic acid on the functions of human dentritic cells
M. Idzko, E. Panther, D. Ferrari, H. Bremer, S. Corinti, C. Pizzirani, Y. Herouy, F. Di Virgilio, G. Girolomoni, and J. Norgauer (Ferrara/Rome, Italy/ Freiburg, Germany)
225
12.15 – 13.00 General discussion
13.00 End of workshop