conclusions the prevalence of nicotine use among ferdowsi university students is lower than the prevalence in the general population of iran and the prevalence in other countries. results for cigarette use, 17.6% of respondents reported using cigarettes at least once, 3.7% reported using cigarettes occasionally, and 3.9% reported using cigarettes on a regular basis. for water-pipe use, the corr...

purpose: due to unhealthy lifestyles, there has been an increase in the prevalence of coronary artery disease (cad) and a reduction in its age of onset. given the high cost of diagnosis and treatment of cad, there is an urgent need to teach people strategies helpful in changing their lifestyles as this can help reduce the risk factors of the disease. therefore, the goal of the present study was...

hepatitis b (hb) disease occurs with high risk behaviors in the different communities. aim of this study was to find out some of local customs in lifestyle that might be risk factors for transmitting this disease in order to design the educational programs and control it periodically in chaharmahal va bakhtiari, iran. this was a case-control study, carried out on patients with hb and the contro...

results the study found that 72 patients, 43 males and 29 females, had documented hcv infections. age’s ranged from 20 - 75, with a mean of 48. the largest number of patients had the 1a genotypes (41 patients = 56.9%), followed by 3a (25 patients = 34.7%), and 1b and 4a each of them (3 patients = 4.2%). conclusions the study showed that genotypes 1a and 3a are the most common genotypes in patie...

background: colorectal cancer (crc) is the third common malignancy all over the world. modern life styles affecting nutritional habits have been providing a potential impact on crc. this study aims to assess the nutritional characteristics in crc patients of golestan province, northeast of iran. methods: all incident crc cases (n=47) in northeast of iran (2004-2005) and a matched number of heal...

objective: bipolar disorder is strongly associated with suicidal ideations, attempts and commissions. although several studies have been conducted on suicide risk factors in patients with bipolar disorder worldwide, a comprehensive study has not been reported from iran. methods: patients with bipolar disorder type i, hospitalized in iran hospital of psychiatry since may 2008 to august 2011 were...

background: musculoskeletal disorders represent a substantial cause of morbidity worldwide. the contribution of work to these disorders has been well established by various epidemiological and laboratory-based researches. the aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of musculoskeletal disorders in truck drivers. materials and methods: this cross sectional study ...

background: now the increasing growth of chronic diseases is the major health challenge worldwide. this survey was conducted to assess noncommunicable diseases related risk factors. methods: a population-based cross sectional study was conducted in 2005 and repeated annually by 2009 in hamadan province, the west of iran using two-stage cluster sampling method. a total sample of 6500 subjects 15...

background: one of the fundamental issues of infectious disease treatment is drug resistance. the aim of the present study was to investigate the first-line anti-tuberculosis drug resistance rates and determine the risk factors related to multidrug resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis.methods: from march 2011 to september 2012, mycobacterial strains were collected from one hundred fifteen diagn...

conclusions these results show that maturity and birth weight are related to a decrease in the risk of developing a candidiasis infection. objectives the purpose of this study was to determine the rate, risk factors, and sources of colonization in low birth weight (lbw) and very low birth weight (vlbw) infants in an nicu. patients and methods all cases were classified in to 1 of 2 groups: lbw a...