1. Stem Cell Biology Research Center, Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. 2. Research and Clinical Center for Infertility, Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. 3. Department of Reproductive Biology, School of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, I...

A 75-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) following a fall from his bicycle. The patient fell face-first onto the handlebars, with the brake handle impaling his left upper lip. Paramedics were able to detach the handle from the bicycle and transport him to the ED. He denied loss of consciousness, neck pain, dental pain, or other injuries. Examination revealed the brake handl...

background: carriers of translocations may have an increased risk of an unbalanced progeny due to imbalances and delays in meiosis. case: a 24-year-old pregnant iranian female was referred to the genetic department of yazd clinical and research centre for infertility because of her pregnancy history. she had three previous pregnancies, two of which ended in abortion. the one live born infant wa...

BACKGROUND Frozen embryo transfer (FET) is one of the most important supplementary procedures in the treatment of infertile couples. While general information concerning the outcome of fresh embryo transfer has been documented, paucity of investigations has addressed the clinical factors influenced on pregnancy rates in FET. OBJECTIVE In this study, we performed a retrospective analysis of cl...

BACKGROUND The vast majority of deaths occur in older adults. Paradoxically, knowledge on long-term trends in mortality inequalities among the aged, and particularly for those aged 80 years and over, is sparse. The historical trends in size and impact of socioeconomic inequalities on old age mortality are important to monitor because they may give an indication on future burden of inequalities....

OBJECTIVES We aimed to calculate the incidence of major fragility fractures in Italy, including those which do not result systematically in hospital admissions, on the basis of hospitalization rates provided in our previous researches. METHODS We analyzed Italian national hospital discharge data from year 2004 to 2006 in order to determine age- and sex-specific incidence rates of hip, vertebr...

introduction: iodine deficiency disorders (idd) are the most common epidemiological problems in the world, including our country. in order to prevent idd and its consequences, iodized table salt is being used in our country since 1989. at present, this program is 18 years old. the surveillance of idd may be implemented to assess the prevalence of idd, identify high risk areas for intervention a...

There are many reasons why the gender imbalance in computing should be of concern to the profession. Over the last 20 years there have been many intervention programs which attempt to redress this situation and encourage more women into computing. To determine whether an intervention program has made a difference requires evaluation. Program evaluation is the careful collecting of information a...

A 75-year-old woman complained about progressing fatigue. She appeared somnolent, but fully oriented and in no acute distress. Her face was pale and puffy. She did not show any signs of focal neurological disease, and the remainder of the physical examination was unrevealing. Routine laboratory tests were unremarkable except for hyponatremia and mildly decreased levels of free T3 and free T4, w...