Background and purpose: Ïnjection of supplemental iodine to pregnant women has been shown to prevent cretinism and neuromotor disorders in the offspring. many researches were done regarding the administration of supplemental iodine to toddlers. This study was done to evaluate the effect of parenteral iodine in primary school children of Âmreh village (vicinity of Sari) 2.5 years after supplem...

سابقه و هدف : 33درصد جمعیت کشورهای پیشرفته را افراد چاق تشکیل می دهند. علاوه بر عوارضی چون استئوآرتروز و سنگهای صفراوی، احتمال بروز بیشتر برخی از سرطان ها، چاقی با اختلالات متابولیک که مجموعاً به عنوان سندروم x عنوان می شود، همراه است. این اختلالات شامل هیپرلیپیدمی، هیپرتانسیون، هیپراوریسمی، دیابت و بیماری ایسکمی می باشند. هر یک از این اختلالات به تنهایی می توانند موجب گرفتاری یا مرگ و میر افراد...

Background and purpose: Polycystic ovarian disease is infact a chronic anovulation with broad spectrum of causes and clinical manifestations such as, hyper- insulinemia, insulin resistant and hyperendrogenism. Women with this disease excluding the common complications such as, irregular menses, hirsutism and infertility, are susceptible to serious consequences like, increase risk of endometri...

Background and purpose: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common and costly work-related conditions and nursing profession has one of the highest rates of back injuries (more than 50%) among all occupations. The purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors for back injuries in nursing personnel. Materials and methods : Following ethical approval, 1226...

Background and purpose: Menopause is one of the four critical stages in women which make them vulnerable to effective, strong, persistant and permanent hormonal changes. Therefore, assessment of menopauseal age and its enfluencing factors are very important. Materials and methods : This is a descriptive study on rural and urban women living in mazandaran province whose menopausal period star...