Kamran Bagheri Lankarani

Gastroenterohepatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

[ 1 ] - Functional dyspepsia: A new approach from traditional Persian medicine

Objective: One of the most common global disorders is related to gastrointestinal system. Functional dyspepsia (FD) defined as upper abdominal pain and discomfort in the absence of organic ailments is a prevalent disease without any confirmed medication. The purpose of this study was to find gastric disorders which might be coincidental to FD based on traditional Persian medicine (TPM). Materia...

[ 2 ] - بررسی اثر مکمل جنیستئین بر حساسیت به انسولین، مقاومت به انسولین و شاخص عملکرد سلول‌های بتای پانکراس در بیماران مبتلا به کبد چرب غیرالکلی، کارآزمایی بالینی

سابقه و هدف: کبد چرب غیر الکلی (NAFLD)، که با تجمع چربی در کبد همراه است ارتباط تنگاتنگی با مقاومت به انسولین و چاقی شکمی دارد. جنیستئین به عنوان یکی از مهم‌ترین ایزوفلاون‌ها می‌تواند در بهبود متابولیسم گلوکز و چربی‌ها نقش داشته باشد. این مطالعه با هدف بررسی نقش مکمل یاری جنیستئین بر حساسیت به انسولین، مقاومت به انسولین و شاخص عملکرد سلول‌های بتای پانکراس بیماران مبتلا به کبد چرب غیر الکلی انجا...

[ 3 ] - Health in the Islamic Republic of Iran, challenges and progresses

Précis:This debate article highlights some charac-teristics, progresses and challenges of the Iranian health system. Integration of medical education and health service provision, con-trol of some important communicable and non-communicable disease, some health ini-tiatives and health financing system have been discussed from the viewpoint of ex-managers of the system.

[ 4 ] - Prevalence of HIV/AIDS among Iranian Prisoners: A Review Article

Background: Worldwide, prisoners are more at risk of being infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as well as hepatitis C and B in comparison with other risk groups. The combination of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), addiction and prison are factors that threaten the health of our society. Influence of risky behaviors is so common on transmission of AIDS into prisoners’ bodie...

[ 5 ] - The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hepatitis Delta Virus in HIV/HBV Co-Infected Patients in Shiraz, Iran, 2012

Evidence has shown that liver disease caused by hepatitis viruses can be more aggressive and severe in HIV infected subjects. Therefore, the present cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the seroprevalence of HDV infection among HIV/HBV co-infected clients in Shiraz, southwest Iran. In this study, 178 patients co-infected with HBV and HIV individuals were enrolled. The diagnosis of HIV infect...

[ 6 ] - Hospital Mortality Associated with Stroke in Southern Iran

Background: Unlike the western hemisphere, information about stroke epidemiology in southern Iran is scarce. The aim of this study was to determine the main epidemiological characteristics of patients with stroke and its mortality rate in southern Iran.Methods: A retrospective, single-center, hospital-based longitudinal study was performed at Nemazee Hospital in Shiraz, Southern Iran. Patients ...

[ 7 ] - Medical Humanities; Study on the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Training in Medical Sciences in Iran

Medical Humanities; Study on the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Training in Medical Sciences in Iran Ahmad Kalateh Sadati 1, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani 2* 1Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran 2Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine, Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Abstract Introduction: Medicine and related subjec...

[ 8 ] - Analysis of Strategies for Integrating Humanities with Medical Sciences in Iran from the Perspective of Humanities Experts with Convergence Sciences Approach

Introduction: Medical humanities are one of the most important interdisciplinary needs. Since the most important discussion in this field is how to achieve it, the purpose of this study is to analyze it from the perspective of humanities experts in the Iran. Method: The present study is a national wide qualitative study that was conducted in 2019. Considering the saturation criterion, data wer...