A debated topic in Avicennan psychology is whether for Avicenna abstraction is a metaphor for emanation or to be taken literally. This issue stemsion is a metaphor for emanation or to be taken literally. This issue stems from the deeper philosophical question of whether humans acquire intelligibles externally from an emanation by the Active Intellect, which is a separate substance, or internall...

The topic of the void was of significant philosophical and scientific importance in the ancient and medieval world. Some, such as the atomists, maintained that the void was essential if one were to explain motion. Others, such as Aristotle, argued that the existence of the void would absolutely preclude the possibility of motion. Moreover, there were disputes concerning even how to characterize...

Anemia is one of the most common health problems in primary care setting. Macrocytosis adults defined as a red blood cell mean corpuscular volum >95 fL. Macrocytic anemias are generally classified into megaloblastic or non-megaloblastic anemia. Retrospective descriptive study included 340 samples myelogram received Hematology Labortory belonging to patients admitted Military hospital Avicenn...

Myocardial infarction is one of the most important causes for global death (1). Apparently there are very high prevalence cardiovascular disease risk factors such as obesity and dyslipidemia among middle-aged women in Babol, northern Iran. Furthermore there is a relation between physical activity (PA) and dyslipidemia (2). Some studies describe protective effect of physical activity against hyp...

According to Traditional Iranian Medicine (TIM), health preservation and disease prevention are prior to disease treatment. To get this aim, there are recommendations in TIM such as appropriate physical activity (1) and appropriate nutrition which are introduced as two parts of six principles for healthiness (2). Today, these two factors are very important for health preservation and disease pr...

Paralytic ileus is type of functional obstruction caused by the lack of intestinal peristalsis without any mechanical obstruction. This interference of the flow of intestinal contents often leads to intestinal obstruction. Paralytic ileus may be classified into postoperative, inflammatory, metabolic, neurogenic, and drug-induced (1). The incidence of paralytic ileus is high especially after abd...

One of the controversial topics in cancer research and its clinical approach is the influence of biopsy on the possibility of tumor spread and metastasis that seems to be a new issue in medical knowledge (1-2), but Avicenna in more than a thousand years ago (980–1037 AD) in his book (Cannon of medicine) has been connoting on this subject (3). According to the Avicenna opinion, cancer is describ...