objective: deliberate self-harm (dhs) is a deviant behavior that has been not completely emphasized in health-related studies in iran. the current study was conducted to explore the prevalence and reasons associated with the incidence of dsh in patients referring to the emergency room of baradaran-e rezaee hospital in damghan, iran. methods: fifty-four clients with the mean age of 29.4 (±10.3) ...

Letter by Rezaei and Arjmand Regarding Article, “Cerebrolysin and Recovery After Stroke (CARS): A Randomized, PlaceboControlled, Double-Blind, Multicenter Trial” To the Editor: We read with great interest and appreciation the article by Muresanu et al on the effects of cerebrolysin on the improvement of motor function in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Within the word count limitations of ...

evaluation of urmia medical university faculty member views about research obstacles r salem safy ,ma bn ashraf rezaei ,?bsc r sadatian , msc z moshirie , msc n sheikhy , a baniadam , msc received: 7april, 2009 accepted: 27 july, 2009 abstract background & aims: identifying research obstacles, assessment of faculty members’ ability in research skills and faculty members’ satisfaction of researc...

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: It is essential to conduct more studies using a larger number of patients or studies from different geographic parts and ethnicities to obtain the other important prognostic morphologic variables, other than four morphologic variables of Oxford classification. Commentary Please cite this paper as: Baradaran A. Comment on: Associ...

*Corresponding author: Azar Baradaran, Department of Clinical Pathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] Diabetes mellitus is a major public health problem thought the world and is growing in populations (1). Previously, we studied the correlation of serum lipids with serum magnesium value in diabetes patients in on 122. In this study we ob...

Of an estimated 210 million pregnancies that occur in the world each year, 38% are unplanned, out of which 22% end in abortion. In Ethiopia, the estimates of unintended pregnancy indicate that it is one of the major reproductive health problems with all its adverse outcomes. Women risk their lives in by seeking illegal abortions following unintended pregnancies. Thus, this study aims to determi...

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: Potential kidney protective effects of metformin, might have synergistic effect with some other antioxidants such as medicinal plants. Hypothesis Please cite this paper as: Rafieian-Kopaei M, Baradaran A. Combination of metformin with other antioxidants may increase its renoprotective efficacy. Hypothesis R ecently, much attenti...