abstract introduction: lifelong behavior and risk factors of chronic diseases extend from early life to adulthood. it seems that dietary habits and unhealthy food consumption, as well as passive smoking play an important role in the development of such diseases. multiple studies have shown that healthy lifestyle education in preschool children improves their knowledge, attitude and practice abo...

BACKGROUND β-thalassemia, a monogenic autosomal recessive disorder, is prevalent in Middle East, particularly in Iran. In Iran, near to 20 mutations in the β-globin gene are introduced as common mutations with varying incidence frequencies in each city. Therefore, detection and screening for couples at high risk can help to solve the problems of this disease. In this study, optimized genotyping...

12 ORAL HYPERTONIC GLUCOSE, FOR ANALGESIA IN THE PREMATURE NEWBORNS Zohreh Badiee Neonatologist, Assistant professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan, Iran Background: A number of studies have shown that orally administered sweet tasting solutions reduce signs of pain during painful procedures in t...

Performance of heart has substantial role in breaking records of sports. Achieving to optimal performance of endurance Training builds upon the consistency in several parts of body specially heart. Type, intensity, term training programs is determining components of providing structural consistency and performance of heart especially in left ventricular. Aim of this research was comparing struc...

BACKGROUND Congenital hypothyroidism and phenylketonuria (PKU) are the most common cause for preventable mental retardation in infants worldwide. Timely diagnosis and treatment of these disorders can have lasting effects on the mental development of newborns. However, there are several problems at different stages of screening programs that along with imposing heavy costs can reduce the precisi...

Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini, Hamidreza Sadeghiyan1, Neda Adibi2, Mohammad Reza Shokrollahi3, Mohsen Pourazizi4 Department of Dermatology, Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 1Department of Dermatology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2Department of Dermatology, Psychosomatic Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, ...

BACKGROUND There is a variation in trends of oral cancers all over the world. Many investigations have reported evidence of an increasing incidence in oral cancers during recent years. The purpose of this study was to investigate time trend and changes in demographic distribution of oral cancers incidence in Isfahan during 1991-2010. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this retrospective analytic study ...

abstractthe borg rating of perceived exertion (rpe) is a way of measuring physicalactivity intensity level. purpose of this study is evaluation of validity and reliability the rpe scale (persian version) based on heart rate variability in students of isfahan university of medicalsciences.methods: an interventional study conducted  on 10 male students, heart rate (hr) and rpe  in two 0-10 and 6-...