The use of donated embryos has offered hope for infertile couples who have no other means to have children. In Iran, fertility centers use fertile couples as embryo donors. In this paper, the advantages and disadvantages of this procedure will be discussed. We conclude that embryo-donation should be performed with frozen embryos thus preventing healthy donors from being harmed by fertility drug...

BACKGROUND The results of the Global School Personnel Survey (GSPS) conducted in India in 2009 are compared with 2006 GSPS to assess any change in 2009 on tobacco use and knowledge and attitudes to tobacco use, training and availability of tobacco control teaching material in schools and the existence of school tobacco control policies. METHODS GSPS is a cross sectional survey conducted twice...

High rates of tobacco use prompted the development of a provider education program in Kentucky to promote implementation of evidence-based tobacco cessation treatment among registered dental hygienists (R.D.H.s). All R.D.H.s throughout the state were notified of the program and invited to participate. Participants were asked to complete a pre-program survey and post-program evaluation. A follow...

Dentists and the dental team have been encouraged to become an important part of the effort to curb tobacco use. Many health insurance policies, however, do not cover tobacco cessation programs, especially by dentists. The generosity of insurance for tobacco cessation has been found to influence the use of these programs. The dental profession can help by: 1) training more dental students, dent...

BACKGROUND Brief clinician delivered advice helps in tobacco cessation efforts. This study assessed the impact of our intervention on instances of advice given to dental patients during visits on tobacco use quit rates 6 months after the intervention. METHODS The intervention was cluster randomized trial at the dental practice level. Intervention dental practices were provided a longitudinal ...

This study assessed differences among health professions students in exposure to didactic tobacco cessation training in asking about patients' tobacco use status ("ask") and assisting smoking patients to quit by providing educational materials ("assist"). Data from the 2005-08 Global Health Professions Student Survey were analyzed for 28,420 medical, dental, nursing, and pharmacy students in ei...

Since 2004, increasing importance has been placed on the adoption of electronic medical records by healthcare providers for documentation of patient care. Recent federal regulations have shifted the focus from adoption alone to meaningful use of an electronic medical record system. As proposed by the Technology Acceptance Model, the behavioral intention to use technology is determined by the pe...

BACKGROUND The dental visit is a unique opportunity for tobacco control. Despite evidence of effectiveness in dental settings, brief provider-delivered cessation advice is underutilized. OBJECTIVE To evaluate an Internet-delivered intervention designed to increase implementation of brief provider advice for tobacco cessation in dental practice settings. METHODS Dental practices (N = 190) we...

Low income adults with substance use disorders (SUDs) have a high prevalence of tobacco use and often limited access to tobacco cessation treatment. This study examines the relationship between low-income SUD patient census (i.e., percentage of patients whose treatment costs are covered by Medicaid and Federal block grants) and SUD programs' availability of three evidence-based tobacco cessatio...

CLINICAL CHALLENGE Patients are not always forthcoming about their tobacco use. Smoking and other forms of tobacco use have serious health consequences, and many dermatologic diseases and treatments are negatively affected by tobacco exposure. When a patient does not disclose their full tobacco history, the dermatologist can miss a valuable opportunity to counsel the patient on tobacco cessatio...