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Interspecies Variations in Clinical Envenoming Effects of Viper Snakes Evolutionized in a Common Habitat: A Comparative Study on Echis carinatus sochureki and Macrovipera lebetina obtusa Victims in Iran

Clinical Epidemiology – a fast new way to publish important research

When starting a new journal, Clinical Epidemiology, it is important to defi ne some key concepts, our mission, and to delineate our discipline. The classic concept of epidemiology is an old discipline with centuries-old roots. It is a discipline of central importance for public health and its impact for clinical medicine has increased over the last few decades. 1 Epidemiology can thus be broadl...

Application of health economics in medical research and clinical epidemiology.

Health economics is a science to optimize resource allocation. Therefore, health economics can only be applied when there are choices(1), and there are no dearth of choices in modern medicine. The characteristic feature of health economics is that it deals both with inputs, or costs, and outputs, or consequences(1). In this article, we will be discussing the applications of health economics in ...

Traditional and Modern Uses of Natural Honey in Human Diseases: A Review

  Honey is a by-product of flower nectar and the upper aero-digestive tract of the honey bee, which is concentrated through a dehydration process inside the bee hive. Honey has a very complex chemical composition that varies depending on the botanical source. It has been used both as food and medicine since ancient times. Human use of honey is traced to some 8000 years ago as depicted by Stone ...

Pruritus (hekka) from the perspective of modern and Persian medicine

Pruritus is one of the most common problems that is seen separately or in combination with various diseases and has been studied in various medical schools. Its various aspects including definition, pathogenesis, types and treatments have been elaborated and tailored to the basics of each medical perspective. This study investigates the pruritus from modern and Persian medicine perspective. Th...