W hen natural disasters occur, everyone is focused on survival. But for cancer patients, this challenge is all the more arduous — because hospitals and other health care infrastructures may be destroyed, wiping out their medical records, and both physicians and patients may be forced to flee. “Cancer patients are especially susceptible to the disruptions that natural disasters can cause,” said ...

background and purpose: needle stick injuries (nsis) remains a significant risk of occupational transmission of blood-borne pathogens in health care workers (hcws). this study aimed to determine the “risk factors of needlestick and sharps injuries among healthcare workers in naft hospital, mahshahr”. methods: a descriptive-cross sectional study carried out on 135 hcws in naft hospital in mahsha...

Different symptoms in Climacteric period, includes hot flash. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is common therapy for relief of menopausal symptoms but has possible contraindications and side effects. Recently Piascledine (combination of Avocado oil with Soybean oil) showed effects in reducing hot flash severity. Present study designed to compare the effects of HRT with Piascledine in treatment...

Mehrdad R1, Hosseini AR2 1. Assistant professor, Department of occupational medicine, Faculty of medicine, Tehran University of medical sciences 2. Resident, Department of occupational medicine, Faculty of medicine, Tehran University of medical sciences Abstract Background: Iodin (I) 125 is one of the radioactive materials that is used in medical laboratories for hormonal evaluation ...

Background: Accumulation or deficiency of trace elements can occur in hemodialysis patients and it increases risk of cardiovascular or other organs disorders. Special ions levels such as sodium and bicarbonate in dialysis fluid are accurately regulated but the remaining elements are not regularly measured. Aluminum and lead belong to the biologic performance free heavy metals .They also has a t...

Different symptoms in Climacteric period, includes hot flash. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is common therapy for relief of menopausal symptoms but has possible contraindications and side effects. Recently Piascledine (combination of Avocado oil with Soybean oil) showed effects in reducing hot flash severity. Present study designed to compare the effects of HRT with Piascledine in treatment...

this is a 9uasi experimental study to compare blood pressure measurements taken by both components of stethoscope, bell and diaphragm. blood pressure was evaluated in fifty patients of fifteen years of age and older. equal populations of both genders were selected randomly from infectious, surgery and internal medicine wards. subjects with cardiac arrhythmia weren't included in the study. ...

The objective of data mining is to sort through large amounts of data in order to find a particular result that the user is searching for. As the size of the database being searched grows the probability of finding the result increases. However the path traveled to find the result may get more difficult. There are many challenges in deciding which turn to take, and information to keep, in the s...