Introduction: One of the most prevalent metabolic disease is diabetes and it can lead to enormous medical as well as socio-economic consequences. The Iranian diabetes population is estimated to be around 1.5million. Studies show that approximately half of the people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are undiagnosed and thus unaware that they have the disease. This lack of awareness can lead to presen...

Background: Sulfur dioxide is one of the important pollutants that at the present time cause irreparable damage to environment and human health. The aim of present study was to study and comparison the effects of SO2 on respiratory and cardiovascular deaths in Bushehr city. Materials and Methods: This analytical study was conducted in Bushehr city during 2011. In the first stage data were colle...

background: cutaneous reactions like pruritus and erythema are common in warm months of the year in bushehr port, persian gulf, iran due to jellyfish envenomation. this study reports isolation of the chrysaora hysoscella nematocysts and evaluating its pharmacological activities during a bloom in 2013. methods: the venom of c. hysoscella captured in jofre area in bushehr port was analyzed. the e...

background: patients with β-thalassemia major (tm) develop iron overload through increased iron absorption and transfusional therapy and it’s the most important complication of tm. thalassemia is common in coastal regions and lands with low altitudes. the aim of this study is to determine the effect of high and low altitude on serum ferritin and treatment requirement in two groups of β-thalasse...

BACKGROUND Present study was an attempt to measure outdoor and indoor gamma dose rates in Bushehr city to determine corresponding annual effective dose and, to assess effect of active nuclear power plant located in Bushehr city on background radiation level of this city. METHODS All measurements were performed by G.M (Geiger Muller) detector (X5C plus) calibrated in Iran Atomic Energy Agency....

1. Medical Physics Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2. Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 3. Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 4. Tangestan Health Network, Bushehr University of Medical Sci...