A new therapy with laser needles was introduced into medical acupuncture in 2001. It is a pain-free procedure with practically no side effects, according to Traditional Chinese Acupuncture. Laser needles can be used on multiple acupuncture points with high-power density, simultaneously on body, skull, or ear, thus stimulating these points. The needle equivalence has been demonstrated in clinica...

the present essay considers the relationship between intellect and revelation from allameh tabatabaii’s point of view. according to his view point intellect is prior to revelation and the concepts which derived from intellect and revelation will prove this claim. secondly, we will consider the reasons of precedence of intellect according to the documents and some of his works. with reviewing th...

abstract background: acute appendicitis is the most common cause of acute surgical abdomen. inspite of the introduction of ultrasonography, computed tomography scanning and laparoscopy in the years 1987-1997 the difficulty in accurate diagnosis of acute appendicitis has remained the same. our way of reaching a decision for operating in a patient suspected of having acute appendicitis (which wil...