Toxoplasma gondii causes the most common parasitic infection in the world. Congenital transmission, prenatal mortality and abortion are major problems of T. gondii. Prevalence of toxoplasmosis is high in Iran, especially in Azerbaijan. The current literature reviewed in this paper reveal results pertaining to various regions of Iran. The present cross-sectional e-study was designed to evaluate ...

Objectives: Effective pain therapy after cesarean section is essential for parturient comfort and to allow early ambulation to facilitate care of her infant. This study evaluated the analgesic effect of preventive 1gr intravenous paracetamol on postoperative pain and analgesic consumption during the 24 hours after cesarean section. Materials and Methods: One-hundred American Society of Anesthes...

1Department of Basic Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Department of Medical Basic Sciences, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Sina Hospital, Te...

Sina Ebrahimi, Alireza Ghoreifi, Behnam Shakiba, Arash Azaripour, Hamid Deldadeh, Amir Reza Elahian, Mazaher Hadi, Parvin Emadi, Hamed Rajaee, Mehdi Dehghani, Lily Nosraty. Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran; Urology Department, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Students’ Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I...

1Department of Iranian Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Department of Anesthesiology, Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine (RICM), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, IR Iran 4The Research Institute fo...

Mehdi Ghazanfari, Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran Adel Alaeddini, Corresponding Author, Adel Alaeddini, Ph.D. student, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran Kazem Noghondarian, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Sci...

BACKGROUND The Iranian health system, under the banner of family physician (FP) programme, has undergone substantial reforms to change utilization of health services, improve quality of care and enhance affordability. The national implementation of FP initiated in 2005 in parallel with rural health insurance (RHI) in rural areas and cities of <20 000 populations in Iran. The implementation of F...

1Department of Molecular Biology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; 2Department of Bacteriology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; 3Department of Microbial Biotechnology, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran; 4Infectious Diseases ward, Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 5Infectious Diseases ward...

Dehghani et al. well elucidated the role of urbanization and life style on epidemiology of multiple sclerosis (MS) dispersal in Iran based on the ecological research data. The authors have raised the issue of "Urbanization" and attributed the growing prevalence of MS to the environmental factors, the rising trend of migration to urban areas and changes of lifestyle (1). Currently, there are int...

1Radiation Medicine Department, Nuclear Engineering Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran 2Radiation Medicine Department, Nuclear Engineering Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran 3Radiotherapy Physics Department, Cancer Institute of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 4Medical Physics Department, Medical Faculty, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran 5Radiation Medicine Dep...