BACKGROUND Despite the growing recognition for the need to improve the health of prisoners in Canada and the need for health research, there has been little discussion of the ethical issues with regards to health research with prisoners in Canada. The purpose of this paper is to encourage a national conversation about what it means to conduct ethically sound health research with prisoners given...

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The dietary patterns of indigenous Fijians are changing rapidly. Dietary relationships in regard to the prevalence of diabetes are poorly studied in Fiji. A survey was conducted to show the relationship of dietary patterns and other lifestyle factors for the development of diabetes among urban indigenous women in Fiji. A sample of 200 Fijian women aged 30-39 who agreed to participate were inter...

resuscitation and promotion of local and indigenous sports among different classes of the rural society, requires identification and introduction of local and indigenous games and sports and careful planning at the strategic and operational levels. but unfortunately so far in the kermanshah province and even at the national level applied research fits this goal have not been conducted. this stu...

Background & Aim: Achillea millefolium is one of the most valuable medicinal and industrial species, which is available in the Iran pastures, and it belongs to the Asteraceae family. This plant wild grows in plains, roadsides and mountain areas. Therapeutically, it has been a healer of wounds, and due to having tannins and bitter and aromatic substances, it has an effect on the nervous...