BACKGROUND Obesity is rapidly increasing worldwide with negative effects on women's health, psychosocial factors and quality of life. Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a major public health problem that is worrying for many women physically, emotionally and socially. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of body weight with FSD and sexual satisfaction, in Il...

in order to study the effects of ga3and cacl2 treatments in resolve the problems of sweet pepper culture in ilam region (including small size fruits with sunscald and blossom end rot disorders), this study was carried out in ilam university in 2012. for that, ga3 (50 mg/l) and cacl2 (0.5%) treatments were sprayed at two (fruit set and 15 days thereafter) and three (fruit set, 10 and 20 days the...

investigation of various irrigation methods and intercropping are effective strategies for increasing water use efficiency and improve crop production. a field experiment conducted to study the effects of alternate furrow irrigation on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of forage corn with annual alfalfa cropping under its canopy in ilam climate conditions. experiment carried out as a...

BACKGROUND In this study the haemolymph components of infected and none infected Lymnaea gedrosiana with xiphidiocercaria larvae was compared. METHODS Five hundred Fifty Lymnaea snails were collected from Ilam and Mazandaran provinces, Iran, during 2008-2009. The snails were transported to the lab at Tehran University of Medical Sciences and their cercarial sheddings were studied. Haemolmyphs...

Nejat Mahdieh1,2, PhD; Bahareh Rabbani1, PhD, and Ali Rabbani*1,3, MD 1. Growth and Development Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Faculty of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam , Iran 3. Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) accounts for the cause of 90-95% of ...

background and aims: infertility is a major problem during reproductive age. physical and psychological effects of infertility in women are problematic. the aim of this study was to determine the potential predictive factors of infertility, among women referring both public and private health centers in ilam province, western iran, in 2013. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 1013 women ref...

INTRODUCTION There have been limited studies on quality of life and its predictors among postmenopausal women. Due to the importance of this subject in health promotion, this study was performed to assess quality of life and its predictive factors in postmenopausal women living in Ilam, Iran. METHODS In this descriptive correlational study, 400 postmenopausal married women who aged 50-59 year...

BACKGROUND Extensive use of cotrimoxazole has been associated with increasing level of Escherichia coli resistance. OBJECTIVES In the current study, we focused on assessing the prevalence of E. coli resistance to cotrimoxazole and frequency of its associated genes. MATERIALS AND METHODS One-hundred and forty-four E. coli isolates were identified during March 2007 to April 2012 at Ilam hospi...