Background and Aim: One of the main strategies for keeping health is having healthy life style. Due to important role of adolescent health in community health promotion, this study aimed to determine health promoting life style in female adolescents of high schools and its associated factors in Mashhad, Iran. Methods: This cross- sectional study was conducted on 810 girls ranging in ages from...

background: it has been shown that life style modification may decrease the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, but this intervention has not been reported in community setting. objectives effect of lifestyle modification on prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components were assessed in an urban population. materials and methods: in 6870 participants of tehran lipid and glucose study aged 2...

background: hypertension is a significant public health concern of world‑wide distribution and is also the most common cardiovascular disease risk factor. adequate control of blood pressure is a critical element in the prevention of hypertension induced‑organ damage and life‑threatening complications. prevention of hypertension is possible and early detection and effective treatment can signifi...

diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease of lifelong duration and its management requires a fundamental change in patient’s lifestyle. the aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an interactive health education program on knowledge, behavior, hba1c and health-related quality of life (hrqol) of diabetic patients. eighty patients were randomly selected and assigned to two groups, 40 to the...

background : hypertension is a risk factor for life threatening diseases such as cerebrovascular accidents, coronary artery diseases, congestive heart failure and chronic renal failure. the prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetes including obesity has increased over the past few years in iran. the first step for modification of cardiovascular diseases in a defi...

One of the first hurdles to be negotiated in the postgenomic era involves the description of the entire protein content of the cell, the proteome. Such efforts are presently complicated by the various posttranslational modifications that proteins can experience, including glycosylation, lipid attachment, phosphorylation, methylation, disulfide bond formation, and proteolytic cleavage. Whereas t...