One of the problems with which mentally challenged children and adolescents are faced in the healthcare systems of the world is that the importance of their problems have often been neglected by decision-makers. 1 The problem looks more severe when we investigate health care services to mentally disable children. Generally, a child's health problem creates an economic burden for families but ca...

Introduction:Shiraz Namazi Hospital is one of medical poles in treatment and training respect that in organ transplantation aspect is one of the most important centers in Iran and the Middle East. Organ transplantation is one of the most complex surgeries and includes various issues in medical ethics domain. Maladaptation between transplantation donor and receiver, receiver’s special conditions...

Maryam Zare1,2, Mehdi Moghanibashi1,3 and Ferdous Rastgar Jazii1,4 1Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran, 2Department of Biology, Payam-Noor University, Tehran, 3Islamic Azad University, Kazerun Branch, School of Medicine, Kazerun, Shiraz, 4Department of Molecular Structure and Function, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Child...

Three thousand seven hundred and ninety seven skin cases were studied in Dermatology outpatient Department of the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi over one year. The incidence of various diseases is compared with those from Bangkok, Shiraz, London and Ibadan. Scabies, eczema, pyogenic and fungus infections were the most common problems encountered (JPMA 35: 73, 1985).

Background: Universities’ sudden exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic and need maintain social distancing have prompted universities reconsider their traditional roles in teaching-learning process create a new organizational structure for this process. The result of reorganization is development teaching system framework known as e-learning. Although type education could lay foundation all learner...

BACKGROUND Stroke is the main cause of physical disability and the second leading cause of death worldwide. Two-thirds of all strokes occur in the developing countries. Despite being preventable, stroke is increasingly becoming a major health issue in these countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology of stroke in Shiraz, Iran, one of the main referral centers in the southw...

BACKGROUND Health status is largely determined by socio-economic status. The general health of individuals at higher social hierarchy is better than people in lower levels. Likewise, people with higher socio-economic status have better oral health than lower socio-economic groups. There has not been much work regarding the influence of socio-economic status on the health conditions of children ...

OBJECTIVE The problem of runaway girls is one of the social problems which has become more prevalent and is considered a serious challenge for families, welfare centers and governmental organizations in Iran. This study aimed at determining the demographic, personality and psychopathology characteristic of a sample of runaway girls in Shiraz, Iran. METHODS Fifty girls who had escaped from the...

Light pruning and deficit irrigation regimes are practices which are widely used in high yielding commercial vineyards in the warm climate regions of Australia. Little information is available on their impacts on carbohydrate dynamics in vegetative organs within and between seasons, and on the resulting plant capacity to maintain productivity and ripen fruits. This study was conducted to addres...