BACKGROUND Diabetes is known as one of the most common diseases in the world and its treatment is one of the most important healthcare issues. Consequently, different treatment methods of complementary medicine and recent medicine have been used by scientific communities to control and predict the disease. This article considered the effects of dry cupping and wet cupping, based on traditional ...

Background: The strong association of Behcet’s disease with HLA-B5 antigen has been observed in several ethnic groups from Middle East to Far East. Objective: To evaluate the frequency and association of HLA-B5 and also likelihood ratio of involvement in Behcet’s disease in a group of Iranian patients. Patients and Methods: HLA-B5 antigen typing was performed by serologic method in 56 patients ...

conclusions in iran, hsct has been successfully adapted in routine clinical care. recently, new methods such as double cord blood and haploidentical transplantation have been used to treat many life-threatening diseases. results about 78.2% of the patients (2530 of 3237) remained alive between one to 211 months after stem cell transplantation. nearly, 21.8% (707) of our patients died after stem...

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normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: obesity or being overweight is a major health problem in iran. only few studies are available that compare the obesity prevalence by four different available criteria. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among isfahani adolescents based on four different definitions. materials and methods: this...

BACKGROUND Olive trees (Olea europaea subsp. europaea var. europaea) naturally grow in areas spanning the Mediterranean basin and towards the East, including the Middle East. In the Iranian plateau, the presence of olives has been documented since very ancient times, though the early history of the crop in this area is shrouded in uncertainty. METHODS The varieties presently cultivated in Ira...

  Background: Osteoporosis, or porous bone, is a disease characterized by low bone mass density (BMD) and structural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to bone fragility and increased risk of hip, spine, and wrist fractures. There are numerous risk factors for osteoporosis. While many of these factors are non-genetic in nature, there is a definite genetic component responsible for this condi...

1Surgery Department, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran 2Radiotherapy Oncology Department, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3Khatam Cancer Center, Khatam-ol-Anbia hospital, Vali Asr Ave, Tehran, Iran 4 Department of Surgery, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Tajrish, Qhods Sq., Tehran, Iran 5 Iranian Center for Breast Cancer, Vahid ...

ABOUT PIVOTAL MATTERS IN IRANIAN HEALTH SYSTEM ARE MADE Leila Doshmangir, Arash Rashidian. Department of Health Services Management, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Tabriz Health Services Management Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department...