Antidepressants Work, Sort of-Our System of Care Does Not

Implementation of "Chronic Care Model" for Diabetes Care in Iranian Primary Health Care: Does it work?

Objective: Traditional health care systems were not capable to face successfully with chronic diseases including diabetes mellitus. In this regard, the Chronic Care Model or CCM was created to promote quality of care. The aim of this study was to examine whether establishment of chronic care model, with focus on diabetic patients, has led to clinically significant outcomes in Iran. Materials a...

Neuroprotection does not work!

For more than 2 decades neurologists have searched for a drug that protects ischemic brain tissue from cell death— without success so far. The list of drugs tested in phase II and III trials is long. One of the first substances that showed a neuroprotective effect in experimental ischemia was the NMDA-antagonist MK-801,1 which protected hippocampal CA1 and CA2 pyramidal neurons. Besides NMDA an...

Does preconception care work?

BACKGROUND To date, there is a lack of evidence to suggest that a systematic and coordinated approach to prepregnancy care might make a difference. AIMS To evaluate whether women who receive preconception care through a structured approach will be more likely to be healthy around the time of conception compared with women who plan their pregnancy but have not been exposed to preconception car...

a study on construction of iranian life tables: the case study of modified brass logit system

چکیده ندارد.

Our health care system is not broken--it's obsolete!