objective: to evaluate the importance of observing healthy habits by pregnant women that influences different aspects of mother and fetus health, we assessed the change in dietary behavior, and cigarette smoking after distributing the guidelines among 485 prenatal care patients. | materials and methods: the subjects were pregnant women who enrolled in health care centers of tehran university fr...

cystic disease of the spleen is not frequently encountered in surgical practice. it is broadly classified as parasitic and non-parasitic, the latter being a rare entity. in this case report, an epidermoid cyst of spleen led to acute abdomen in young age pregnant woman is presented. a 26-year-old woman with 15 weeks gestational age second pregnancy referred to emergency ward with left upper quad...

background: the reproductive and sexual health issues concerning persons affected by thalassemia major are complex. the study was planned to investigate the psychological attitudes and expectations in a group of thalassemic pregnant women attending hospital for regular blood transfusion. methods : this is a preliminary cross-sectional study involving 20 consecutive thalassemic patients and a co...

a 28 years’ pregnant woman with 24 weeks’ gestational age referred with petechiae and purpura from previous day without any trauma. she had an occipital headache from last night. overt petechial and purpuric lesions were seen in the mouth and skin. there was neither hepatosplenomegaly nor lymphadenopathy. she was conscious and oriented. the patient was febrile, anemic and thrombocytopenic with ...

stress is the way that our body responds to something that is out of the normal. when we are under stress, our body makes chemical and physical changes to try to maintain it. everyone responds to stressful status in their own way. researches show anxiety and stress during pregnancy can have both immediate and long-term effects on her offspring. in addition, the emotional state of the pregnant m...

this survey assessed predisposing factors of preeclampsia and eclampsia in persons referring to governmental hospitals of hormozgan province. samples of this study were pregnant women who had preeclampsia and eclampsia and also pregnant women who had not preeclampsia and eclampsia (control group) referring to governmental hospitals of hormozgan province from september 1994 to february 1995. all...

adenocarcinoma in situ is one of the premalignant lesions of the cervix and its incidence is believed to be increasing while the pathogenesis of the disease is not clearly understood. management of adenocarcinoma in situ (ais) unlike carcinoma in situ (cis) has not been clearly described in the current literature. here we describe conservative management and serial  olposcopy of two pregnant wo...