OBJECTIVE The objective was to develop clinical practice guidelines for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in patients at metabolic risk. CONCLUSIONS Healthcare providers should incorporate into their practice concrete measures to reduce the risk of developing CVD and T2DM. These include the regular screening and identification of patien...

increasing of the aging population in most of the developed countries should be more attention to the health issues of this aged group. in iran, the ageing program has been launched and some institutes or organizations have been in charge of this program. the coordination of health policies and activities in elderly care programs and ageing networks could be helped to improve of elderly life sp...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Noise levels in the hospital setting are exceedingly high, especially in the ICU environment. We set out to determine what caused the noises producing sound peaks > or = 80 A-weighted decibels (dBA) in our ICU settings, and attempted to reduce the number of sound peaks > or = 80 dBA through a behavior modification program. DESIGN The study was divided into two separate phases...

Irrigation scheduling techniques is one of the suggested solutions for water scarcity problem. The study aims to show possibility using practical and applicable irrigation program which was designed by Water Resources Department at University Baghdad Spreadsheet Formulas Microsoft Excel program, version 2007, with some modification generalize it made various climatic zone different soil types, ...