Providers of treatment for opioid addiction have entered a new era of accountability, as Federal and State regulators increasingly demand objective evidence of treatment effectiveness. Since the length of treatment is associated with success of treatment, opioid treatment programs that demonstrate an ability to retain patients can make a strong case that they are effective. The challenge to opi...

background: fractures of distal radius are one of the most common fractures seen by physicians and account for 20% of all fractures seen in the emergency room. various factors contribute in secondary displacement of fracture fragments after anatomic or near anatomic close reduction and cast immobilization in distal radius fractures. this study was designed to examine the correlation between rad...

introduction: ramadan fasting is prescribed by holy quran for every able-bodied, adult muslim and is considered an essential practice for all muslims including pregnant women. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of ramadan fasting on neonatal anthropometric measurements during the third trimester of pregnancy. method: this is a cross-sectional study, carried out on 300 delivering ...

violence and the threat of violence against pregnant women are main barriers to women’s empowerment and equal participation in society. when stress and violence increase in developing societies, women’s safety in the home, workplace and community is often seriously affected. to determine the prevalence of physical abuse in pregnant women and to assess association between physical violence durin...

background:management of acetabular fractures in the senior population can be one of the most challenging injuries tomanage. furthermore, treating surgeons have a paucity of information to guide the treatment in this patient population.the purpose of this study was to determine: (1) demographic and epidemiologic data, (2) mortality rates for nonoperativecompared to operative management at diffe...

helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) is classified as a class i carcinogen. the low infection rate seen in developed countries (8.9%) compared with a high infection rate (52%-98%) in developing countries indicates a strong association between infection prevalence and socioeconomic status. adhesion of h. pylori to gastric epithelial cells is an important aggressive factor. one of the genes that encod...

background: idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is a disease that commonly affects women of reproductive age and is associated with maternal and fetal complications. objective: the aim of the present study was to report the perinatal outcome in pregnant women with itp. materials and methods: twenty one pregnant women with itp admitted in a teaching hospital in tehran, from october 2008 to...

Background: This study compared the outcomes between patients with proximal humerus fractures (PHF) whounderwent acute reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) to those who underwent an alternative initial treatmentbefore requiring (secondary) RSA.Methods: Patients who underwent RSA after suffering a PHF were identified. Two year clinical follow-up was requiredfor inclusion. Patients were divi...

This is an uncopyedited electronic version of an article accepted for publication in Diabetes Care. The American Diabetes Association, publisher of Diabetes Care, is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it by third parties. The definitive publisherauthenticated version will be available in a future issue of Diabetes Care in pr...

Objective: There are major differences in neonatal and obstetrics outcomes of labour among different ethnicities. The present study compared the neonatal and obstetrics outcomes of labour between the Iranian and Afghan ethnicities. Methods: Neonatal and obstetrics problems were evaluated in Iranian and Afghan pregnant women, who had referred to Ar...