World action in medical education, notably the global programs of the World Federation for Medical Education, the Edinburgh Declaration of 1988 and the 1993 World Summit, has led to major curricular change in medical schools. For educational reform to result in improved health services of nations, an essential requirement is integration between the medical education system and the health care d...

Inter-disciplinary Program in Physiology, Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Cell-based Drug and Health Product Development Research Unit., Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand D...

background : the high incidence of breast cancer in young women in iran and its resultant problems for families show the necessity of exploring studies conducted in this field. the present research was conducted to determine the volume of scientific production on breast cancer in iran, and to compare it with that of other countries in the middle east. methods : this systematic review study used...

HIV-infected adolescents to adult care in Asia-Pacific Torsak Bunupuradah*, Bencharat Thongpunchang, Pornsuda Nipathakosol, June Ohata, Chuenkamol Sethaputra, Chutima Saisaengjan, Rawiwan Hansudewechakul, Chitsanu Pancharoen and Thanyawee Puthanakit 1 HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand 2 TREAT Asia/amfAR – the Foundation for AIDS Research, Bangkok, Thailand 3 SEARCH...

background :to estimate the prevalence and characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis (ra) in an urban area of tehran.   methods : a total of 50 clusters were randomly selected in tehran and 10291 subjects completed the copcord core questionnaire during 2004 and 2005. patients with rheumatic complaints were examined and diagnosed by subspecialty fellows in rheumatology. laboratory and radiology te...

Sir, the big flooding in Thailand in 2011 is one of the problematic flooding in Asia. It causes several destroying to many things in the disaster areas. An important concern is on the effect on the setting with the radioactive elements usage. In Thailand, there are some places with radioactive elements including to the university, hospital as well as radioactive research center. Luckily, ...

background: traditional thai tobacco (nicotiana abacus l.) is known as a non-virginia type whose mature leaf contains three to four times more nicotine than that of a virginia type. as such, the process of thai traditional tobacco production may lead to adverse health effects such as green tobacco sickness (gts). objective: to investigate the prevalence of gts and risk factors related to gts am...