the prevalence of primary infection with t. gondii in pregnant women and risk of congenital infection in their neonates in various parts of tehran are unknown. the prevalence rate of antibodies to t. gondii ranges from 24% in tehran to 62.7% in babol. this study describes the epidemiology of toxoplasma infection in pregnant women in tehran and risk factors of congenital toxoplasmosis in newborn...

background: diabetes is a multi factor disease of metabolic disorders, increasing of blood glucose or hyperglycemia. it can cause by secretion abnormality, insulin function or both. sweet diabetic is most common disease and about 150* 1 05 people are suffered from its thought the world. it is predicted that it will reach up to 300*l06 till 2045 . methods: a descriptive study using logical order...

background: early detection and screening have been successful in reducing mortality in some countries, but not in others. this is most of due to poor management and implementation of inappropriate policies. all of patients with cervical cancer are in developing countries. the effectiveness of screening for cancer of the cervix in these countries is dramatic. it seems that after 50 years pap sm...

background: breast cancer is the most common cancer found in women, and screening is the best way to make an early diagnosis. the aim of this study was to determine the rate of screening mammography and related variables in the mammography center of mousavi hospital, located in zanjan, iran. methods: this was a prospective descriptive study. study sample size was 526 women who were selected by ...

a simple, rapid new technique is described for the electrophoresis of hemo­globin when screening large human populations. the method uses a drop of finger tip's blood dried on a thick filter paper as the specimen. the simplicity of the sampling, tagging, transportation and electrophoresis, provides a reliable procedure for surveys of large population. in our hand 200 specimens were screened dur...

background the mammograms and papanicolaou (pap) test of women aged 25 to 64 years are iran’s national strategy for breast and cervical cancer screening, respectively. widespread primary care services are supplied through a network of primary health centers; nonetheless, little is known about breast and cervical cancer screening-related practices among healthcare workers in hospitals. objective...

objective: although metabolic diseases individually are rare ,but overall have an incidence of 1/2000 and can cause devastating and irreversible effect if not diagnosed early and treated promptly. selective screening is an acceptable method for detection of these multi presentation diseases.method: using panel neonatal screening for detection of metabolic diseases in 650 high risk iranian patie...

materials and methods one hundred sixty five units which provide mammography examination services were included in the audit. samples of mammographic examinations conducted between july 1st and december 31st, 2012 were evaluated. auditors completed web-based evaluation forms, including quality parameters and descriptive statistics on the patients and institutions. conclusion the audit showed si...