Background and Objectives: Several studies have demonstrated that patients with schizophrenia have impaired cognitive functioning. In the literature there have been controversial results about the cognitive deficits occurring in the different states of the illness. Furthermore, there have been relatively few studies to investigate the associations between neurocognitive deficits and clinical st...

conclusions the results of this review showed that the number of studies on the use of complementary medicine in leukemia patients is very limited (especially in iran), and it can be the subject of numerous studies in the future. results the overall results showed that few studies have been conducted on the use of exercise, massage therapy, music therapy, acupressure, and healing touch in patie...

background: improvement in complications of antitumor agents and surgery is important to enhance life quality and survival among patients with colon and colorectal cancer. it has been reported that some dietary components such as glutamine (gln) have beneficial effects on these complications of cancer therapies. however, the results of studies are inconsistent in this area. we performed a revie...

background and aims: the world health organization and united nations children’s fund (unicef) recommended executive breastfeeding for 6 months after birth. the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of executive breastfeeding in iran by a meta-analysis study to be used by policy-makers in order to health programmer plan in this field. methods: in this meta-analysis study, the da...

Background: We have previously demonstrated a relationship between children born with Down syndrome and maternal telomere length. Similarly, exposure to tobacco and oral contraceptives has been explored in one of our earlier studies as a risk factor for Down syndrome. Objective: In the present study, we consider the interactions among these risk factors associated with Down syndrome in a popula...

conclusions history of drug addiction and/or blood transfusion and longer duration of hd treatment were the main risk factors determining the prevalence of hcv infection in the hormozgan province of southern iran in 2015. however, the values observed in the present investigation reflect the effective management techniques imposed by healthcare authorities and relevant organizations in recent ye...