wandering spleen is an uncommon entity in adults and has been described only rarely with sigmoid volvulus, that rarely affects children and adolescents. it is usually described in adults.wandering spleen characterized by the abnormal location of the spleen, caused by incomplete fusion of the four primary splenic ligaments, allowing the spleen to be mobile within the abdomen.the wandering spleen...

introduction & objective: considering the importance of reproductive health and in order to determine the knowledge of girl high school students about several aspects of reproductive health the present study was done. materials & methods: using cluster random sampling, 546 questionnaires were filled in eight high schools in shiraz. results: the results showed that these adolescents have accepta...

background: changes in the nutritional behaviors from consumption of traditional nutriments to intakes of high energy, concerned in powering the increasing problem in adolescents and children's obesity. the current study intended to evaluate proper consumption of sugary drinks and its association with adolescent girls’ knowledge and skill in shahr-e-kord city, iran.materials and methods: t...

background and aims: the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents is increasing worldwide. one of the key lifestyle behaviors that helps prevent obesity and being overweight among children and adolescents is to avoid drinking sugar-sweetened beverages (ssbs) or to take, at most, one serving per day. the present study intended to evaluate knowledge and perceptions of high school girl...

Transition through puberty is marked by an increased risk for the onset of a range of health problems, particularly those related to the control of behavior and emotion. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of training puberty (physical and psychological matters) in general well being and its dimensions in girl adolescents. This was a quasi-experimental study in which the ta...

she has been at Rutgers where she's occupied the Blanche, Edith and Irving Laurie Chair in Women's Studies. She did her undergraduate work at Swarthmore College, where she majored in En-glish Literature. She then received a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Radcliffe, and finally a Doctorate in Psychology from Harvard. Her academic honours fill almost a page of her vitae, so I will on...

Focal epithelial hyperplasia or Heck’s disease is a rare benign lesion of oral mucosa caused by human papilloma virus especially subtypes 13 and 32. The disease is predominantly found in children and adolescents with indigenous heritage. This paper reports a unique case of Heck's disease in an 11-year-old Iranian girl with multiple, bilateral and elevated lesions on the buccal and labial mucosa...

Factory farming continues to grow around the world as a low-cost way of producing animal products for human consumption. However, many of the practices associated with intensive animal farming have been criticized by public health professionals and animal welfare advocates. The aim of this essay is to raise three independent moral concerns with factory farming, and to explain why the practices ...