Vojenské Zdravotnické Listy, 2006 (vol. 75), issue 2
The Survey of Occupational Diseases Reported by the Military Center for Occupational Diseases in 1996-2005
Josef Pavel
VZL 2006, 75(2):41-46 
The autor presents the analysis of occupational diseases reported in the department of the Ministry of Defence in 1996-2005. The development of the total number of diseases in this period and the detailed analysis according to the List of occupational diseases are given.
Nutritional Status and Degenerative Diseases of Articulations
Pavol Hlúbik, Miloslav Kubíček
VZL 2006, 75(2):47-52
Nutrition is a very important factor affecting actual health state. It participates in occurance of many diseases, and it may cause a body weight gain. Nutrition is concerned in the development of overweight and obesity, impairment of degenerative damage of articulations. In the period of thirty week monitoring, the assessment of dynamic changes of nutritional state in the group of 30 persons after the total knee endoprothesis for arthrotic changes was carried out. In the whole group, a statistically significant increase of body weight, BMI and the waist circumference between the first and the second measurements and between values determined in the...
Monitoring of Cardiotoxicity of Treatment in Acute Leukemia Patients Conclusions and Recommendations for Practice
Jan M. Horáček
VZL 2006, 75(2):53-55
The aim of the dissertation thesis was to monitor cardiotoxicity of treatment in acute leukemia patients with three diagnostic methods - biochemical markers of myocardial damage, echocardiography and electrocardiography. The article summarizes the results and conclusions of the dissertation thesis.
Acute Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation on the Immune System
Jana Rostová, Lenka Borská, Zdeněk Fiala, Jan Krejsek
VZL 2006, 75(2):56-64
Long term exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UV) causes many acute changes in organism, extent and intensity of which are modified by individual factors. The aim of this work is the review of current experience with mechanisms of acute effects of UV radiation on the immune system. Immune changes, caused by exposure to UV radiation, are manifested at first with antitumorous immunity damage, contact hypersensitivity (CHS) and late hypersensitivity reactions (DTH, tuberculine, granulomatous) and also with "hapten specific tolerance". Urocanic acid and the rise of thymine dimmers in DNA (CPDs) belong among significant chromophores for photoimmunosuppression....
Venomous Spiders and the Danger of Their Bites
Jana Kazbundová, Jiří Patočka
VZL 2006, 75(2):65-69
All spiders are venomous but a very few species are dangerous for a human. Spiders use venom to catch and digest their prey. The most important venomous spiders from a medical point of view are the genus Latrodectus, Loxosceles, Phoneutria and Atrax. Some of them are extremely fast, extremely venomous, and extremely aggressive and are ranked among the most venomous spiders known to a human. They live in warm landscapes and we can find them only at breeders in the Czech Republic. Nevertheless, in consequence of evergrowing turism the probability of meeting a dangerous spider dramatically escalates.
Incidental and Intentional Use of Toxic Chemicals: Military Conflicts, Accidents and Terrorism
Jiří Bajgar, Josef Fusek
VZL 2006, 75(2):70-80
The conditions for use/release of toxic chemicals (existence of their production, stockpiling and transport) and causes of their release - incidental or intentional - are characterized. For the intentional release, the military use, sabotage or terroristic events are considered, and for the incidental accidents, technical failure or (mostly) influence of human factor can be supposed. Some examples from the history are described.