In their editorial, Speed and Mannion identify two main challenges “the rise of post-truth populism” poses for health policy: the populist threat to inclusive healthcare policies, and the populist threat to well-designed health policies that draw on professional expertise and research evidence. This short comment suggests some conceptual clarifications that might help in thinking through more p...

Introduction: Tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgeries in the world and the most common problem is post-tonsillectomy pain and bleeding. The relief of postoperative pain helps increase early food intake and prevent secondary dehydration. One method for relieving pain is peritonsillar injection of epinephrine along with an anesthetic, which has been shown to produce variable results in ...

introduction: post dural puncture headache is still a common complication among young women undergone cesarean section, although use of small size spinal needles reduced its prevalence. several methods have been suggested for prevention and treatment of this side effect; such as complete bed rest, hydration, non-opioid analgesics, caffeine, codeine, which none of them proved to be totally effec...

introduction and aims: tt virus (ttv) is a dna virus and is proposed as a potential cause of non-a to e hepatitis. we aimed to investigate, for the first time, the prevalence of ttv in iranian healthy blood donors. materials and methods: three hundred and twelve healthy iranian blood donors were randomly selected and tested for ttv dna by the seminested polymerase chain reaction method. serum a...

conclusions post-vaccination encephalomyelitis is a very rare side effect of mencevax acwy. introduction post-vaccination encephalomyelitis is an inflammatory disorder of the central nervous system. it is triggered by certain vaccines. the diagnosis of post-vaccination encephalomyelitis depends on the close temporal relationship between vaccination and clinical presentation. case presentation w...

background: the rabies is one of the most important officially-known viral zoonotic diseases for its global distribution, outbreak, high human and veterinary costs, and high death rate and causes high economic costs in different countries of the world every year. the rabies is the deadliest disease and if the symptoms break out in a person, one will certainly die. however, the deaths resulting ...

introduction:this study examined the effects of administration of subcutaneous β-estradiol on ptsd-like symptoms (the enhanced conditioned fear response, cfr) that induced by a single-prolonged stress (sps) and shock in rats. adult male wistar rats were exposed to sps procedure: restraint for 2 h, forced swim for 20 min, and ether anesthesia. then the rats were placed in fear conditioning syste...

doogh is a traditional iranian drink prepared by fragmentation and dilution of yogurt, with addition of salt and flavouring. dairy products are favorable environment for microbial growth due to high nutrient and relative humidity. one of the most important parameters in the food industry production and consumption is enhancing the shelf life of the product. therefore, food additives such as pot...

following a personal, community or national crisis or disaster there is a need to provide some form of early intervention and crisis support. the essential components of successful early interventions include planning, education, training and support for those affected. the goal of all early interventions should be to maximize the likelihood of a positive mental health outcome using the person’...