The traditional thesis that God exists necessarily I could as well not exist. Had I fallen from the cliff last year, I would not exist now. Furthermore, had my parents not met, or had God not created a universe, I would never have come into existence. At any rate, there are many ways the world could be without me, or even without anybody like me. It is, in this sense, possible that I do not exi...

A. Cosmological proof of the Existence of God In the 3rd Meditation, Descartes attempts to prove that God (i) exists, (ii) is the cause of the essence of the meditator (i.e. the author of his nature as a thinking thing), and (iii) the cause of the meditator’s existence (both as creator and conserver, i.e. the cause that keeps him in existence from one moment to the next). The proof that God exi...

There is a tremendous age old faith, trust and respect towards physicians in Indian culture. The doctor is often viewed as a demi god and his advice, is usually considered as a gospel truth without any doubt and misgivings thus imposing an onerous responsibility on him for an ethical, correct and honest approach in his dealings with his patients. However, the physicians must realize that they a...

Background: Diabetes mellitus refers to a group of common metabolic disorders that share phenotype of hyperglycemia. Fatigue is one of complains of diabetic patients. Due to lack of available documents in the prevalence of fatigue in Iran, we decided to study prevalence of this problem in our diabetic patients and compare with normal population. Material and Methods: This is a cross-sectional s...

Background: The therapeutic effects of methotrexate (MTX) are well-known in rheumatoid arthritis(RA).Also,anti inflammatory effects of atorvastatin have already been reported, but no study has compared the effects of these two drugs on RA.Therefore we designed this study to compare the effects of these drugs on patients with active RA. Method: The study was conducted on 54 patients with active ...