Medicine in Dallas 100 years ago.

Sleep Medicine in Iran

The discipline of sleep medicine was first established in Iran more than 10 years ago. From 2011 universities in Iran began to offer fellowship and technician training programs in sleep medicine. It is estimated that within the next 10 years, the number of experts in this field will reach up to 100. Unfortunately, prevention and treatment of sleep disorders is not fully covered by insurance co...

Study on herbal medicine prescription and selling in drugstores of Esfahan

- Determining people trend to herbal medicine consumption since 10 years ago. - Numbers of drugstores which directly prescribe herbal medicines. - Numbers of prescriptions which contain herbal medicine as a medicinal item. - Awareness of medical and pharmaceutical students on herbal medicine. - Supply sources of herbal medicines for drugstores. - Herbal medicine problems in relation to prescrip...

Study on herbal medicine prescription and selling in drugstores of Esfahan

- Determining people trend to herbal medicine consumption since 10 years ago. - Numbers of drugstores which directly prescribe herbal medicines. - Numbers of prescriptions which contain herbal medicine as a medicinal item. - Awareness of medical and pharmaceutical students on herbal medicine. - Supply sources of herbal medicines for drugstores. - Herbal medicine problems in relation to prescrip...

Medicine 100 years ago: a glimpse at Osler's textbook of medicine.

Oxygen therapy in the newborn period represents a challenge

After the experiments of Scheele, Priestly and especially Lavoisier, oxygen quickly came into use in adult medicine. When oxygen was introduced in newborn medicine almost 100 years ago, no critical questions seemed to be raised. When the relation between retinal damage (retinopathy of prematurity = ROP) and high oxygen in premature infants was detected more than 50 years ago, this resulted in a...