1Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Department, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2Nuclear Sciences Research School, Radiation Applications Research School, Tehran, Iran 3National Radiation Protection Department, Iranian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Teheran Iran 4Nuclear Sciences Research School, Nuclear Sciences and Technology Research Institute, ...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of nasal polyp in the population has been estimated to be 0.5-4%. It is noticed that nasal polyp could have a negative impact on the patient's quality of life and indubitably exert a substantial cost on the society. It is observed that, in some cases, complete cure may not be achieved and relapse can occur. In Iranian traditional medicine (ITM), nasal polyp is called "...

1School of Iranian Traditional Medicine Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Tabriz Liver and Gastrointestinal disease research center, Tabriz, IR Iran 4Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehr...

The use of complementary and alternative medicine has remarkably increased in different societies across the world, such that the World Health Organization has emphasized in its recent approach the revival of traditional medicine in different regions of the world [1]. Throughout the history, in particular, in the past centuries, human beings have attempted to improve their health status to achi...

OBJECTIVES Considering the positive effects of certain nutrients on depression, increasingly prevalent in the contemporary societies, we investigated the nutritional content of prescribed and prohibited foodstuffs for depressed patients in Iranian Traditional Medicine resources. MATERIALS AND METHODS In order to conduct the study, credible sources of Iranian Traditional Medicine were primaril...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to report interaction patterns among Iranian authors of emergency medicine using social network analysis methodology, focusing on coauthorship network. METHODS The bibliographic data of Iranian authors on the 'emergency medicine' field during the years 2001-2011 were retrieved from the Science Citation Index Expanded database. Co-occurrence matrices we...

The Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Electrodiagnosis of Shaheed Beheshti Medical University in collaboration with the Iranian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) held the 1st Congress of Electrodiagnostic Medicine in Peripheral Nerve Lesions on December 21-22, 2006. Electrodiagnostic medicine is a specific branch of medicine used by specialist physicians ...