If you ask most medical school deans if they have a course, program, or center doing bioethics, they will enthusiastically assure you that they do. And their enthusiasm for bioethics grows exponentially in proportion to their interest in showing that they are doing something about managing research ethics issues at their institutions. The same can be said about the entire biomedical research es...

laser-tissue interaction is of great interest due to its significant application in biomedical optics in both diagnostic and treatment purposes. major aspects of the laser-tissue interaction which has to be considered in biomedical studies are the thermal properties of the tissue and the thermal changes caused by the interaction of light and tissue. in this review paper the effects of light on ...

Despite what may be one of the most difficult times in the long and distinguished history of the NIH, the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) commitment to its mission of advancing cancer research cannot falter. Federal deficits resulting from a host of unanticipated fiscal pressures in the years since September 11, 2001—the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, increased investments in national defense,...

Advances in biomedical technology have increased the success rate of medical procedures due to improvements safety and efficacy. During assessment patients with acute neurological disorder who require a lumbar puncture, some conditions may hinder its performance, such as infection at puncture site or bone abnormalities that cause spinal cord injury. Bedside ultrasound is good alternative assist...

CONTEXT Few population-based studies have examined the relationship between psychiatric and somatic or biomedical disorders. OBJECTIVE We examined the effect of the presence or absence of any psychiatric disorder on somatic or biomedical diagnosis disorder costs. Guided by the Kaiser Permanente and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, we examin...

Most agree that the recent decades-long boom in biomedical research discoveries has not had a sufficient effect on the public's health. To overcome some of the barriers to speeding clinical and translational (C/T) research, the National Institutes of Health has established the Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA). To explore whether the CTSA proposal addresses major C/T...

Xenopus is an essential vertebrate model system for biomedical research that has contributed to important discoveries in many disciplines, including cell biology, molecular biology, physiology, developmental biology, and neurobiology. However, unlike other model systems no central repository/stock center for Xenopus had been established until recently. Similar to mouse, zebrafish, and fly commu...

background : scientific journals are the most credible and updated information resources for valid information in the various fields of science and technology. the present study investigates the status of iranian scientific journals in disseminating medical information to the world of science. methods : total 163 iranian medical journals accredited by national medical journals commission of ira...

introduction: based on iran’s 20-year prospective national vision document, iran may be seen as the most developed country in science and technology in the region by 2025. in this report, bibliometric indicators are used to compare the research productivity in endodontics between iran and 28 selected asian countries. materials and methods: medical subject headings keyword-searching of pubmed up...