BACKGROUND The ever-growing elderly population of Iran and their physical and mental consequences put emphasis on the necessity of determining the quality of life (QoL) in this social group. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the mean score of QoL in Iranian elderly citizens. METHODS Twenty-one articles that were indexed in Iranian (MagIran and Iran Medex) and internat...

BACKGROUND Due to the worldwide increase in infertility, it is both necessary and important to have assisted reproductive technology (ART) registries. In Iran, donation and surrogacy programs are approved by decrees from religious scholars. ART has been used since 1984 in Iran and the first Iranian infant conceived by gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT) was born in 1989. This report, however...

BACKGROUND Surrogacy is a popular form of assisted reproductive technology of which only gestational form is approved by most of the religious scholars in Iran. Little evidence exists about the Iranian infertile women's viewpoint regarding gestational surrogacy. AIM To assess the viewpoint of Iranian infertile women toward gestational surrogacy. SETTING AND DESIGN This descriptive study was...

in safavid era, ottoman rulers were interested in science and culture, and there were always iranian physicians, astronomers, scholars, artists and poets in their courts. although there were always wars between most ottoman sultans and the safavid kings, they could not prevent iranian culture from influencing that land. at the same time, artists and scholars went to other countries, including t...

While the science–religion debate on human creation has been widely explored in Muslim world, Iranian opinions have missed mainstream literature. To see whether they follow lead of majority thinkers or not, here is an overview Qur’anic Perspective Scholars. After reviewing previously categorized approaches Muslims encountering evolution mentioned literature, this paper will survey verses relate...

Abstract This survey discusses a series of achievements in comparative Indo-Iranian studies, on the occasion appearance new representative volume. The presentation these aims to trace existing and directions scholarly co-operation between Vedists, Avestologists, specialists Achaemenid Sassanian as well as, more generally, Indo-Europeanists, philologists scholars history culture religions with a...

BACKGROUND According to WHO estimation, the number of diabetic patients would reach about 591.9 million people in 2035. The tendency towards other kinds of treatment is increasing because of the high therapeutic expenditures and current medical complications. Positive results of massage in recent articles and the prominent role of dalk in Iranian traditional medicine led us to the present study...

Parasites and parasitic diseases have been prevalent in Iran according to Iranian ancient scholars and physicians' inscriptions dating back to 865-1496. Some protozoan diseases such as malaria and cutaneous leishmaniasis have been introduced by clinical manifestations and helminthic infections by size and morphology of the worms. Scientific studies of Parasitology started in Iran from 1833, fir...

CONTEXT Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a functional gastro-intestinal disorder with high prevalence. Among various treatment options, treatment by complementary and alternative medicines especially herbal remedies also practiced. Traditional Iranian medicine (TIM), a valuable resource of valid applied studies of ancient Iranian scholars, recommends numerous medicinal plants to treat dyspepsia sym...