introduction: although fasting has many benefits for health, it can be dangerous for patients. so it is necessary that physicians have adequate information about clinical aspects of fasting and they should advice patients. therefore in this study we analyses the condition of physicians counseling about fasting from the perspective of patients. methods:in this descriptive analytical cross-sectio...

conclusions by studying the gap between perceptions and expectations of students from counseling services, we can provide the base for developing appropriate programs for the improvement of counseling services. results the result of this study showed that there were some differences between students’ perceptions and their expectations of counseling services quality (z = -12.91; p < 0.0001). the...

This study examines contraceptive counseling received by adult women in their managed care plans and the relationship between counseling and women's contraceptive attitudes and practices. Telephone interviews were conducted with a random sample of 898 women ages 18 to 44 enrolled in a commercial health maintenance organization (HMO) or point-of-service (POS) health plan. Counseling received in ...

background:: nowadays, because of sexual dissatisfaction 50% of marriages are not successful. since unhealthy relationship between couples makes them dissatisfied and misunderstanding which along with other circumstances make the foundation of the family unstable and increase the possibility of divorce. therefore, marital counseling can give couples the necessary information for a good sexual l...

how to cite this article: javadzadeh m. prenatal diagnosis and genetic counseling for niemann-pick c disease. iran j child neurol. 2015 autumn;9:4(suppl.1): 22.   pls see pdf.

conclusions at present, no single diagnostic procedure is able to cause damage to the embryo or fetus. there are possible harmful effects for doses above 0.2 - 0.25 gy (20-25 rad). context many women of reproductive age and pregnant women require diagnostic tests involving ionizing radiation. fetal exposure to radiation worries both the patient and the obstetricians and could lead to inappropri...

This study explored the potential of Second Life (SL), a popular multi-user virtual online environment, for university counseling. University students (n = 312) were asked to evaluate three counseling channels (i.e., traditional face-to-face, internet, and SL) based on a range of media features deemed relevant and important to counseling and to assess their relative preferability when faced wit...

objective: although smoking increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases, its quitting leads to weight gain due to increased appetite. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of face to face dietary counseling on metabolic syndrome (mets) indices in cigarette quitter. materials and methods: this 9-week parallel randomized clinical trial was conducted by participation of 50 patients wi...