india is on the verge of becoming the diabetic capital of the world. the fact is that even in ancient india diabetes was prevalent and reference of diabetic-like condition is there in atharvaveda, known as one of the oldest literature in the world. a search through ancient indian religious, political and medical scripture shows various references of diabetes, better known aspramehaor madhumehat...

Hypertension is one of the main causes of the global burden of diseases in the world. Despite the advances in modern medicine, the main causes of blood pressure increase are still unknown in 95% of cases. Environmental and genetic factors such as salt sensitivity are considered as the most important mechanisms in producing the common form of hypertension (Essential hypertension) (1). Historical...

abstract background: atopic dermatitis is a common skin disease associated with chronic inflammation in the skin and itches and most patients have a positive family history of dermatitis. the major treatment of dermatitis, based on allopathic medicine, includes symptomatic treatment by oral antihistamines and topical or oral corticosteroids, which, in long-term, will cause various side effects....

conclusions in this patient, traditional medicine treatment improved the patient's general well-being, hematopoiesis and portal hypertension. furthermore, it improved his quality of life, although it had no effect on his liver function. we recommend more clinical trials on therapeutic effects of iranian traditional medicine on cryptogenic cirrhosis. introduction there are several disorders that...

The origins of Western culture extensively relate to Ancient Greek culture. While many ancient cultures have contributed to our current knowledge about medicine and the origins of psychiatry, the Ancient Greeks were among the best observers of feelings and moods patients expressed towards medicine and toward what today is referred to as 'psychopathology'. Myths and religious references were use...

BACKGROUND Anthropological studies based on highly polymorphic HLA genes provide useful information for bone marrow donor registry, forensic medicine, disease association studies, as well as designing peptide vaccines against tumors, and infectious or autoimmune diseases. OBJECTIVE This study was designed to investigate the genetic relationship of Iranian Arabs and Jews using HLA-class II gen...

studying the prominent iranian-islamic scientific texts of middle ages in the field of ophthalmology may play a role in recognizing the science of traditional ophthalmology and its crucial diagnostic and therapeutic points. the most important and reliable resources in the context of ophthalmology belong to iranian scientists. this study collects these references and provides their relative equi...