adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and psychological human development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood. there are approximately 1.2 billion adolescents (10-19 years) globally, roughly 90% of whom live in low and middle-income countries. most are healthy, but there is still significant death, illness and diseases among adolescents. illnesses c...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the trends in mortality due to circulatory diseases in men and women aged > or =30 years in Brazil from 1979 to 1996. METHODS We analyzed population count data obtained from the IBGE Foundation and mortality data obtained from the System of Information on Mortality of the DATASUS of the Ministry of Health. RESULTS Circulatory diseases, ischemic heart disease, and cerebr...

BACKGROUND Several epidemiological studies have demonstrated associations between variability in a number of biological parameters and adverse outcomes. As the variability may reflect impaired homeostatic regulation, we assessed albumin variability over time in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients. METHODS Data from 1346 subjects who received chronic HD treatment from May 2001 to February 2015 ...

one of the largest and most mysterious events of life is death, which has continued to preoccupy the mind of man. in cotemporary literature, many authors are trying to escape death.  but the approach of eric emmanuel schmitt, contemporary french writer, given the large number of his works with this theme, seems to be specific. in his work, death does not have  a horrible face. through belief in...

imam ali (a) has paid special attention to human awareness of death and the necessity for remembering death. he attempts to lead man to a high degree of self-knowledge and meaningfulness of life through a comprehensive understanding of death. as is considered, death is essentially interrelated to life and, therefore, every lack of correct knowledge toward the former would affect human self-know...

background in the past few decades, chronic kidney disease (ckd) - a disease with progressive decline in renal function - has become an important problem of global public health, not only in developed countries, but also in developing countries with less economic power. objectives in this study, ckd progression to death or end stage renal disease (esrd) in elderly iranian patients was compared ...

the aim of this study was to investigate the trends in mortality from road traffic accidents (rta) in fars province, southern iran.the age and sex-standardized mortality rate attributed to rta from 2004 to 2010 in fars province was calculated using world standard population. we also used linear regression and chi-squared tests.over the period of study (7 years), 12954 people died in rta. the ag...

introduction: level of mothers’ literacy, pregnancy history of more than four times, residence in villages, lack of receiving intensive care during pregnancy, as well as inaccessibility to obstetric emergency services have been reported, in iran and the world, as major factors for maternal mortality. considering significance of identifying indirect causes of maternal mortalities, the present st...

conclusions according to the results, parents need accurate information about the health and the death of their neonates in the nicu. they also need to communicate with healthcare professionals and their babies. communication is regarded as a channel for obtaining information. therefore, the healthcare team needs to address these families’ needs and attempt to fulfill their requirements in neon...

Higher intake of fruits, vegetables, and antioxidants may help protect against oxidative damage, thus lowering cancer and cardiovascular disease risk. This Washington County, Maryland, prospective study examined the association of fruit, vegetable, and antioxidant intake with all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease death. CLUE participants who donated a blood sample in 1974 and 1989 and c...