BACKGROUND Recent studies have reported an association between periodontitis and cardiovascular diseases. Atherosclerosis is also a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. IL-6 and CRP are important inflammatory markers that are important because they have been shown to be higher when a patient has periodontitis, and they are related to atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to assess the ...

1Infectious Diseases Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran 2Department of Modern Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran *Corresponding author: Seyed Hossein Shahcheraghi, Infectious Diseases Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran, Tel: + 98-9132531389; E-mail...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Obesity and overweight are major determinants of health and quality of life. The World Health Organization (WHO) has always encouraged its member states to carry out studies on the attributable burden of these diseases at the national level, and use the study as the best guide to direct the health system policy. This study was thus undertaken in order to determine the ...

Air pollution is a major concern of new civilized world, which has a serious toxicological impact on human health and the environment. It has a number of different emission sources, but motor vehicles and industrial processes contribute the major part of air pollution. According to the World Health Organization, six major air pollutants include particle pollution, ground-level ozone, carbon mon...

Corresponding author: Mohammad Hassan Nezafati Department of Cardiac Surgery Ghaem Hospital Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad, Iran PO Box: 91878544 Phone: +989151578421 Fax: +985136078099 E-mail: mhnezafati@yahoo. com 1 Cardiac Rehabilitation Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 2 Department of Cardiac Su...