Spa and the future of public health: participation in the European Spa and Balneology Congress 2025

The 22nd Congress of the Asian Federation of Endocrinological Societies (AFES 2023) was held in Bangkok from 16-19 November 2023. The congress is held every two years in different Asian capitals. This year, the Institute of Spa and Balneology together with the University Hospital Pilsen was invited to present research on vitamin D [...]

On March 20-21, 2025, we participated in the conference Trauma and Rehabilitation WINTER Forum 2025, which was organized by KKN, a.s., the State Therapeutic Spa Janské Lázně, s.p., the Institute of Clinical Rehabilitation of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Olomouc, the Department of Pediatric Surgery and Traumatology of the Charles University and the University Hospital Hradec Králové. The Institute of Spa and Balneology was represented by Mgr. Magdaléna Vereskova, [...]

The Karlovy Vary Region was visited by the Minister of Health of the Czech Republic, Prof. Vlastimil Válek, M.D., MBA, EBIR, and we had a great opportunity to present the project of strategic importance "Spa Research Centre". The discussion with the Minister gave us the opportunity to share our vision, results to date and to define directions for further development. It is undeniable that focused and rational balneological research is an essential [...]