background illicit opiate use has an increasing incidence and prevalence, which increases mortality and morbidity, marginalization, and criminal behaviors, and causes major adverse effects on society. objectives this study aimed to investigate and follow the outcome of patients who underwent ultrarapid opiate detoxification (urod) prospectively. patients and methods in this randomized clinical ...

objective: substance misuse is a major public health threat in iran. the total number of addicts in iran is estimated to be between 700,000 and 4,000,000. a few limited household studies on the prevalence of substance misuse have been performed in iran. method: the residents of the sixth district of the municipality of tehran who were over the age of 15 were selected as the study population. th...

post operative pain and its control remains one of the most important issues in the field of surgery and health care system. formalin test has been used as a method for assessing pain and analgesia in rats. systemic and spinally administered clonidine, an ?2-adrenergic agonist, is proved to enhance postoperative analgesia. it has also been shown that morphine-dependent rats experience more chro...

background: suicide is one of the leading factors of death worldwide. hanging is one of the most common methods of suicide. this study was designed to evaluate post mortem toxicology laboratory findings of subjects with hanging death in northeast iran.  methods: this study was carried out on reported cases with hanging death to razavi khorasan province-general office of iranian legal medicine o...

background: alcohol use disorders (auds) has been recently prioritized as a health problem in iran. the alcohol use disorders identification test (audit) is an easy-to-use diagnostic tool for excessive drinking. this study was designed to assess the validity and reliability of the persian version of audit questionnaire. methods: participants were 70 individuals with aud (study group) and 70 non...

background: musculoskeletal disorders (msds) represent one of the most common occupational health education problems in both developed and developing countries. the aim of this study was to assess the effect of an occupational ergonomic training educational programon awareness, attitude and work-related musculoskeletal disorders behavior among office workers. material and methods: firstly,200 o...

background south pars special economic energy zone is the world's second largest gas reservoir that was established two decades ago. high incidence of social harms is observed in this region due to various problems such as drug addiction which is of high prevalence. conclusions it is necessary to implement simultaneous national interventions as soon as possible to improve the economic, social, ...

the musculoskeletal disorders cover a large percent of occupational diseases; therefore, in order to protect workers from such disorders, there is a need to evaluate workers positions at work in different industries. in a major furniture manufacture located in tehran, 500 workers were examined. these workers were divided into fourteen working groups, including production lines of water-heater, ...

Gluten-related disorders are a heterogeneous group of clinical entities caused by intolerance to wheat, rye, and barley flour components. They occur in 3?5% genetically predisposed persons and, based on pathogenic features, classified into celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity, wheat allergy. There also specific such as dermatitis herpetiformis or ataxia, which can either within the dis...