background quality of life (qol) stands for to the general well-being of the populations in the societies. quality of life should not be confused with the concept of standard of living, which is based primarily on income. instead, standard indicators of the qol include not only wealth and employment, but also built environment, physical and mental health, education, recreation and leisure time ...

ANY serious attempt at an analysis of the problem of narcotic addiction must take into consideration the fact that there exist today two diametrically opposed points of view regarding the etiology and solution to this problem. On the one hand, there is the law enforcement view which approaches the narcotic addiction and all of its attendant problems as a vice involving criminal behavior. The na...

In consideration to the today’s globalized world everybody in the society are being addicted in using the Social

Staphylococcal endocarditis in a drug addict was controlled only after excision of the tricuspid valve. Total absence of the tricuspid valve was tolerated well for 18 months, at which time deteriorating liver function prompted the insertion of a bioprosthetic valve into the tricuspid ring. The haemodynamic and clinical results after two years of follow-up have been excellent.

Much focus on addiction centers on the brain chemical dopamine. Dopamine has shown to increase in concentration in the limbic (middle) brain regions when abusive drugs are consumed. As the magnitude of druginduced dopamine increases, the reports of reinforcing properties (the “high”), appear to decrease. Thus, the addict must use larger amounts of the drug over time, to achieve their original “...

BACKGROUND There are many factors which affect nutritional status of addicted such as lack o f knowledge, incorrect attitude toward modification of food pattern, and careless to food intake. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of educational program on nutritional behavior in addicts referring to Baharan hospital in Zahedan. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-six ad...

The case is reported of a 35 year old heroin addict presenting with acute confusion which was later found to be due to meningococcal meningitis. Other than his altered mental state, the only abnormal finding on examination was a mild pyrexia.