Heart Probe Holding Board

Holding smokers accountable for heart disease costs.

This article discusses escalating health care costs in terms of their principal component, cardiovascular diseases. The role of cigarette smoking is highlighted throughout. A Smoker's Accountability Trust is proposed for the prevention of nonfatal myocardial infarction. It is demonstrated that this approach can contain costs by controlling the root causes of their acceleration.

Researchers probe anemia-heart failure link.

VIENNA—For years, physicians have noticed that patients with congestive heart failure who have anemia fare less well than those with a normal hematocrit, but the link was largely dismissed as a mere association. In recent years, however, researchers have begun to question whether anemia is only a marker for the problem or whether it may cause or exacerbate heart failure—and if treating anemia w...

Editorial Board

Editorial Board

Editorial Board

in the name of God, most gracious, most merciful Physiology and Pharmacology Indexing: Index Copernicus (IC), Scientific Information Database (SID) Physiology and Pharmacology is the official publication of the Iranian Society of Physiology and Pharmacology. The journal publishes full-length original articles in physiology, pharmacology and related subjects. Editorial office: ...