background: this study examined the association between incident pulmonary tuberculosis (tb) and social and behavioral characteristics in almaty oblast, kazakhstan from 2012 to 2013. methods: we used a matched case-control design to estimate the role of factors for acquiring pulmonary tb. totally 324 individuals were recruited from sep 2012 to mar 2013. participants included 110 tb index cases ...

introduction: andropause is a common clinical entity of advanced age, with a decline in androgen levels in males. many of the signs of male aging are results of this condition with significant decline in their quality of life and adverse effects on multiple organ systems function. androgen deficiency of the aging male (adam) questionnaire is one of the most applied screening tools for androgen ...

abstract: background and aim:cardio vascular diseases (cvds) are important cause of morbidity and mortality in world wide and constitutes a major public health problem in iran . due to increase of cvd in this contex ,the bjective of this study was to describe the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors amony gonabad urban population. materials and methods:in this cross sectional study , a tot...

Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive following a reasonable period of unprotected sexual activity without use contraception. Objective: To find determinants infertility among married women visiting public Hospitals, Lahore. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted at Public hospitals in Lahore during 4 months. questionnaire used collect data from 100 women. The included all...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to identify the prognostic factors that influence the outcome of ovarian stimulation with intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles in couples with different infertility etiology. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study was performed in data of 1348 IUI cycles with ovarian stimulation by clomiphene citrate (CC) and/or gonadotropins in 632 women w...

Background Endometriosis is defined as overgrowth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Diet may play a role in the aetiology of endometriosis through effects on oxidative stress, prostaglandin metabolism, and steroid hormone levels. The objective of this paper is to assess the role of diet on risk of endometriosis among infertile Iranian women. MaterialsAndMethods In this case cont...

objective: infertility is considered as an intense and prolonged stressful experience. despite of high prevalence of infertility and its emotional burden for couples and especially for women, materials and methods: the knowledge regarding psychological factors influencing adjustment to it is limited. the aim of the present study was to investigate the mediational role of cognitive emotion regul...

high blood pressure control (hbpc) is a common goal of who and the world hypertension league (whl). the two important strategies in hbpc are identifying cardiovascular (cvd) risk factors and planning to modify controllable factors. this study was accomplished to determine the cvd risk factors in high blood pressure (hbp) patients of the rural population, residing in the babol region, north of i...

background it is known that risk factors related to neonatal bacterial sepsis are complex. objectives the current study aimed to determine the risk factors of neonatal sepsis. materials and methods this study was conducted on 1023 neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units (nicus) in south sinai governorate hospitals from january 2010 till september 2014. demographic data of the neonate...

Human Andrology 2011, 1:2–16 Objective To highlight the concept of unexplained male infertility and discuss the potential causes and its proper management. Design Review of literature. Results Male infertility of unknown origin is a condition in which fertility impairment occurs spontaneously or due to an obscure or unknown cause. It includes two categories, unexplained male infertility and idi...