results our study comprised 739 subjects (367 athletes and 372 non-athletes). among athletic university students, 152 (41.2%) participants complained of headache. such a complaint was present in 217 (58.3%) non-athletic university students. this lower prevalence of headache in athletes was statistically significant (p value < 0.001). among ten different sports fields, the prevalence of headache...

several methods have been employed for cancer treatment including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. today, recent advances in medical science and development of new technologies, have led to the introduction of new methods such as hormone therapy, photodynamic therapy (pdt), treatments using nanoparticles and eventually combinations of lasers and nanoparticles. the unique features of...

objectives: deterioration in postural control mechanisms is termed postural instability and results increased postural sway and many laboratory techniques and instruments are characterized by a wide range of neurological signs and symptoms to the medical management. thus the current study designed to assess the reliability of commonly used clinical measures of balance and determined normal valu...

one of the increasingly important organizational considerations involves occupational health and staff safety. hence, it is crucial for the managers to identify the key organizational factors contributing to reduce work-related accidents. this study was conducted on 340 workers, employees, experts, supervisors, directors, and managers. the data evaluation involved a questionnaire while the anal...

aims: drug addiction is a mental, social, and economic problem that comes from abnormal and illicit consumption of substances such as alcohol, opium, hashish, and etc., making the addict psychologically and physiologically dependent to those substances. this study was designed and performed to evaluate the pattern of drug abuse change in the addicts visiting addiction treatment centers of kasha...

objectives the aim of this study was to obtain the epidemiology of this type of injury in tabriz imam reza hospital as a referral center in northwest of iran during 2009 to 2012. materials and methods one hundred bicycle-related patients during the three years were entered in this descriptive cross-sectional study. patient’s demographics, place and time of crash, mechanism of trauma, helmet and...

given limited health sources, how to make drgs (diagnosis related groups) more feasible is a big question in developing countries. this study contributes to the debate on how to bridge the pay-for-service and drgs during the transitional period of payment reform.from 2008 to 2012, 20740 patients with cirrhosis or duodenal ulcer disease were chosen as sample. using multiple linear regression ana...

this paper focus on the impact on the performance of health workers at village and township levels in the provision of a government stipulated package of basic public health service, which adopted the performance-related contracts mode.the concept of balanced scorecard was adopted and developed to gather the 11 evaluation indicators distributed in four quadrants. these were implemented using on...

background: addiction is multi-dimensional medical problem and psychologic defects have a major role on its establishment. this study was designed to determine the effect of emotional quotient (eq) on the rate of addiction relapse after quitting. methods: this was a prospective cross-sectional study on 22 to 51 year old subjects who were being treated at chemical dependency rehabilitation cente...