OBJECTIVES Diabetes is a major public health concern worldwide, particularly in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Limited data exist on the status of access to diabetes medicines in LMICs. We assessed the utilisation and affordability of diabetes medicines in Iran as a middle-income country. DESIGN We used a retrospective time-series design (2000-2012) and assessed national diab...

Purpose In most countries, independent hotels are a major contributor to both national economy and the hospitality sector, but best of authors’ knowledge, there is lack any study on brand co-creation (BCC) in hotels. This aims examine interrelationship moral judgement (MJ), self–brand connection, customer–brand engagement (CBE), electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) how BCC occurs contrasts visitors’...

1. Molecular Medicine Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran 2. Dental Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Orthodontic Department, Dental Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 4. Molecular Immunology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 5. Nature of Gene Mutat...

1 Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 2Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 3 Medical Philosophy and History Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 4 Student’s Research Committee, Tabriz University ...

A Decade of Sports and Exercise Medicine Specialty Program in Iran, Achievements and Challenges Ramin Kordi, and Navid Moghadam Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Vice President of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Tehran, IR Iran Department of Sports Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Corresponding auth...

BACKGROUND In the northeast and central parts of Iran, Rhombomys opimus (great gerbil) is the primary reservoir host of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL). This study used both parasitological and molecular methods to identify Leishmania spp. and their different haplotypes that were circulating in the great gerbil populations in ZCL foci from northeastern Iran. METHODS A cross-sectional s...

1Department of Basic Sciences, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Department of Medical Basic Sciences, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Sina Hospital, Te...

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the critical diseases due to its adverse clinical, social, and economic consequences for affected people. This study aims assess quality life (QoL) patients with MS in East Azerbaijan, Iran. Methods: cross-sectional was conducted using multiple life-54 (MSQoL-54) questionnaires interview 300 randomly selected Azarbaijan Province, The independent t-t...

Sina Ebrahimi, Alireza Ghoreifi, Behnam Shakiba, Arash Azaripour, Hamid Deldadeh, Amir Reza Elahian, Mazaher Hadi, Parvin Emadi, Hamed Rajaee, Mehdi Dehghani, Lily Nosraty. Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran; Urology Department, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Students’ Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I...

1Department of Iranian Traditional Medicine, School of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Department of Anesthesiology, Research Institute for Islamic and Complementary Medicine (RICM), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, IR Iran 4The Research Institute fo...