Background and objectives: Sleep disorders are among the most common complaints in childhood. Considering the pitfalls regarding safety and efficacy of conventional treatments for sleep disorders in children and based on the Persian medicine literature and results of recent animal and clinical investigations, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of topical lettuce se...

AIM The present study aimed to determine the impact of group integrative reminiscence therapy on mental health of older women living in Iranian nursing home in 2016. DESIGN A quasi-experimental design pre- and post-test was used in the present study. Purposive sampling was used to recruit participants who met the study criteria. METHOD The statistical population included 60 older women livi...

Successful Treatment of Refractory Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) in a Child, Based on Iranian Traditional Medicine: A Case Report

BACKGROUND The presence of hair plays an important role in people's overall physical appearance and self-perception. As a result of increased life expectancy, the desire to look youthful plays a bigger role than ever.The use of medicinal plants is as old as mankind and the market will face many new products containing natural oils and herbs in coming years. In traditional Iranian medicine, many...

background: systemic lupus erythematosus is a kind of multi-system autoimmune disorder with unknown aetiology and it produces antibodies against various tissues. case presentation:the patient wasa 44-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus for approximately five years, along with underlying diseases including peptic ulcers, asthma, hypertension and diabetes in the past 10 ...

Raana Zakeri, Shirin Nosratnejad. MSc of Health Services Management, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Iranian Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Iranian Center of Excellence for Health Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; PHD in Health Economic, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Services Management, Department of Health Services Management, School ...

We would like to thank the authors of “Response to a Proposal for an Integrative Medicine Curriculum.”1,2 We share their commitment to respectful collaboration among diverse health professionals, and are grateful for the thoughtful, detailed, constructive concerns and suggestions expressed in the paper. The Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (CAHCIM) (www.imconsortiu...

Published by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the s we anticipate the forthcoming 400th anniversary of the ublication of Donguibogam, a monumental achievement of raditional medicine in East Asia, the inauguration of Integraive Medicine Research is timely and welcome news. I hope and elieve that the journal will become a new milestone for the lobal medicine. Whereas the 20th centur...

BACKGROUND Today, the increasing demand for complementary medicine encourages health care providers to adapt and create integrative medicine departments or services within clinics. However, because of their differing philosophies, historical development, and settings, merging the partners (conventional and complementary medicine) is often difficult. It is necessary to understand the similaritie...