ayurveda, the indian art of holistic medicine describes fasting in terms of upavasa and considers it as one among the depletion therapies.   besides the extensive explanations on the preventive purports of fasting, the classics have explicitly explained and exemplified the therapeutic importance of fasting while treating different diseases and dealing with different stages of the diseases. feve...

conclusions it is better to remove the unused devices safely to prevent and decrease their possible complications. case presentation a 50-years-old woman, with a history of breast cancer, had a permcath emplacement in right subclavian vein for a course of chemotherapy. the treatment for cancer seemed to be successful and the permcath had remained in its position without complication, for a coup...

conclusions the findings showed a positive effect of therapeutic relationship based on peplau's model on reducing anxiety of patients undergoing cabg. therefore, health care teams, including nurses, should take advantage of appropriate communication with patients in their care procedures. in that regard, peplau's communication model is recommended as a simple, low-cost, and efficient method. re...

ayurveda, manoeuvres mankind to head a healthy life in order to pursue four-fold bliss. with a view to combat physical and mental annoyances, classics have explicated two-fold therapeutic modalities; langhana/depletion and brihmana/nourishing. upavasa /fasting is one among ten depletion therapies explained. it is envisioned at all three levels of ayurvedic therapies- rational/objectively planne...

cardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of human morbidity and mortality despite significant therapeutic improvements by surgical or pharmacological approaches in the last decade. micrornas (mirnas) have a significant role in diseases development or response to treatment. in this review, we summarized the role of mirnas in the pathogenesis or the treatment of coronary artery disease ...

this is a field study, investigate the nursing care provided to pregnant diabetic women in their last trimester, who were admitted in teaching hospitals under the supervision of ministry of health and medical education in tehran during 1993.   the tool was check list that was completed by the researcher upon interviewing the subjects.   six items covered information of personal data of the wome...

BACKGROUND In an era of a rapidly aging population who requires home care services, clients must possess or develop therapeutic self-care ability in order to manage their health conditions safely in their homes. Therapeutic self-care is the ability to take medications as prescribed and to recognize and manage symptoms that may be experienced, such as pain. The purpose of this research study was...

objectives this study was designed to compare the effects of dramatic puppet and therapeutic play on anxiety of children undergoing surgery. methods in this randomized clinical trial, 75 children were divided into three groups (dramatic puppet, therapeutic play, and control) using a simple random allocation method. the study was conducted in iran in 2013 - 2014. the revised children’s manifest ...