Due to the successes of kidney transplantation, patients with allografts are enjoying long-term survival. In addition to care of the allograft with lifelong administration of immunosuppressive medications, common medical conditions must be recognized and managed appropriately. With constraints on the transplant centers and patient considerations of finance and geography, it is recognized that c...

In research on the history of medicine, less attention is paid to the subject of historical geography. Considering the importance of this subject in the history of science, this paper discusses one of the most important science centers in the world. This outstanding medical research center was located in Gorganch city, Chorasmia area, in the Eastern part of the Islamic. Chorasmia medical school...

BACKGROUND Postmarket surveillance of medical devices is reliant on physician reporting of adverse medical device events (AMDEs). Little is known about factors that influence whether and how physicians report AMDEs, an essential step in developing behaviour change interventions. This study explored factors that influence AMDE reporting. METHODS Qualitative interviews were conducted with physi...

The practice of medical tourism depends on successfully informing potential patients about procedure options, treatment facilities, tourism opportunities, travel arrangements, and destination countries. The promotion of medical tourism includes a wide range of marketing materials such as flyers, booklets, and websites. Yet, there is a paucity of knowledge about the dissemination, content, and r...

Geography enlightened a vast area of social sciences. It consists earth’s land and ocean surface, different landforms their formation, evolution, sub-surface phenomena, atmosphere related activities, environment its attributes, as habitat living elements well human being reciprocal relationships in very critical analytical approach. From the inception geography separate discipline, it evolved t...

Tabaristan (current Mazandaran), in northern Iran and the south of the Caspian Sea, is considered as one of the scientific and medical centers in both scientific and Islamic worlds. The emergence of numerous scholars in this area indicates the centrality of science in this amazing geography. One of the greatest men of this land is Abolhassan Ahmad bin Mohammad Tabari Taranji. Information about ...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine whether there is an association between the geographic location of an applicant's undergraduate school, medical school, and residency program among matched otolaryngology residency applicants. STUDY DESIGN Observational. METHODS Otolaryngology residency program applications to our institution from 2009 to 2013 were analyzed. The geographic location of each...

the prevalence of allergic diseases is high in the general population, and the high prevalence of these diseases not only leads to considerable mortality and morbidity, but also has economic importance. in this study 400 patients were evaluated in tehran and karaj cities during 1995-1998. skin prick test with stan¬dard extracts was done in patients in comparison with controls. selection of ex¬t...

1 Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Pathology, Oncology and Experimental Biology, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, 2 Department of Natural Sciences and Geography, Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, IL, United States, 3 Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Internal Medicine and Cardiorespiratory, School of Medicine, U...