COURSE IN THE AREA OF HEALTH PROMOTION Mahrokh Kheshvari, Niko Yamani, Peyman Abidi, Hossein Shahnazi. Assistant Professor, Nursing and Midwifery Research Center in nursing and midwifery school in Isfahan University of medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Associate Professor, Medical Education Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Professor of Medicine; Isfahan Uni...

INTRODUCTION Pharmacological therapy is a crucial step in the management of individuals with the metabolic syndrome, when lifestyle modifications alone cannot achieve the therapeutic goals. The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of comprehensive interventions with the pharmacological treatment in individuals with the metabolic syndrome. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional populat...

a total of70 children aged 6 to 15 years with rheumatic fever and completed in-hospital data were reviewed from 19xx to 1993. in 5x.6% of patients this was the first attack of disease, while in 41.4'10 the episode represented a recurrence. noncompliance of antimicrobial prophylaxis was noted in all of the subjects with recurrences. 61.4% of cases gave a previous history of sore throat, and...

BACKGROUND The impact of the metabolic syndrome among populations in the Middle East region is unknown; we therefore examined the association between the syndrome and the risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD) in an Iranian population. METHODS AND RESULTS The Isfahan Cohort Study (ICS) prospectively followed 6146 Iranian people (51.8% women, aged 35-75 years) from three cities and their rural d...

BACKGROUND C-reactive protein (CRP) and white blood cell (WBC) are proinflammatory markers. They are major pathophysiological for the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS). This study aimed to address the independent associations between MetS and WBC counts and serum CRP levels and evaluation of their magnitude in relation to the MetS, based on the sex in the Iranian adults. MATERIALS AND ...

Fereshteh Alsahebfosoul1,6*, Rasoul Salehi2, Masoud Etemadifar3,5, Ahmad Zavaran Hosseini4, Mohammad Kazemi2, Mehrdad Farokhi5,6, and Mohadaseh Behjati5 1Immunology Department, Faculty of medicine, Isfahan University of medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran 2Molecular biology and genetics Department, Faculty of medicine, Isfahan University of medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran 3Neurology Department, Fac...

1Isfahan Eye Research Center (IERC), Feiz Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; 2Ophthalmology Ward, Feiz Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; 3Medical Students Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Correspondence: Seyed-Hossein Abtahi; SHARNOS Co. No. 9, Boroomand, Seyed-Alikhan, Chaharbagh Abbasi; 81448-1...

1 Department of Neurology, Neurosciences Research Center, Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 2 Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 3 Neurosciences Research Center, Alzahra Hospital, Student Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 4 School of Medicine, Shahrekord...