health education in schools is one of the most effective ways of promoting health in a society. studies have shown the effectiveness of health interventions aimed at improving students' knowledge, attitude, and behaviors about health issues. the aim of this study was to evaluate health issues in primary school textbooks in iran.in school year 2010-2011, the contents of all primary school textbo...

hydatid disease is a parasitic tapeworm infestation that usually involves liver and lungs. primary retroperitoneal hydatid without liver and lung involvement is very rare. surgery is the principle method of treatment for large retroperitoneal hydatid, whenever feasible. we report a case of primary retroperitoneal hydatid cyst in 29-year-old male patient.

in the previous studies, the rate of primary infertility was reported differently. it seems the main reasons are related to the different methods of data collection and information analysis. therefore, introducing a precise method to determine the infertile couples and the population exposed to the risk of infertility is an important issue to study primary infertility.the proposed methodology f...

infertility is one of the most significant medical, as well as social problems that affect psychological health of families and societies. determining the prevalence of infertility is important for evaluating the potential of fertility. there are different reports on the prevalence of infertility in iran, but the current research employs fertility history in order to provide an unbiased estimat...

the author conducted 1-year study investigating the causation and management of eye trauma at farabi eye' center. all patients sustaining eye injuries who were evaluated by ophthalmology service over one year interval were included.. a formal questionnaire was completed with details of the injuiy being obtained. an ophthalmologic examination was performed on each patient, and examination f...

primary adrenal insufficiency (addison’s disease) is due to adrenocortical disease. this study is about a 40 year old man who had been referred to a hematologist who assessed him for anemia. he  had been affected by a periodic paresthesia one month prior to his visit to the physician. according to the clinical presentation, macrocytic anemia and hypersegmentation of pmn in pbs, bma/b was perfor...

conclusions co-occurrence of pbc with wd is rare, which can cause diffusely intrahepatic copper deposition. early liver biopsy and genetic testing are necessary for the diagnosis. the combination of ursodeoxycholic acid with zinc and sodium dimercaptopropane sulfonate is effective. introduction both primary biliary cirrhosis (pbc) and wilson’s disease (wd) can cause copper retention in the live...

purpose : to compare the serum homocysteine (hcy) level in healthy control individuals and in patient with primary open angle glaucoma (poag) and pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (pexg) methods : in this cross sectional study, 79 subjects including 36 patients with pexg, 23 patients with poag, and 20 matched healthy control individuals were recruited. those who used alcohol and mediations affecting h...

conclusions the lack of difference between adma levels in patients with pa and eh suggests that endothelial dysfunction is more likely related to hypertension per se than to the specific etiology of elevated blood pressure. results patients with pa had significantly higher concentrations of adma than healthy controls (0.488 ± 0.085 vs. 0.433 ± 0.053 μmol/l, p = 0.027). no difference was found i...

background rational prescription is a considerable issue which must be paid more attention to assess the behavior of prescribers. the aim of this study was to examine factors affecting family physicians’ drug prescribing.   methods we carried out a retrospective cross-sectional study in khuzestan province, iran in 2011. nine hundred eighty-six prescriptions of 421 family physicians (including 3...