objective: diabetes mellitus (dm) is a global health problem with significant impact on health and quality of life. there is no national statistics about this disease in afghanistan. the aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of dm and associated factors in adults lived in jalalabad city, afghanistan. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in jalalabad city in may...

breast cancer within incident of one million new cases each year has become one of the most common malignancies and leading cause of death among females. this disease is comprised of about 18% of women cancers. the availability of early detection and improved treatments may decrease the mortality rates which reflected in the united states and many other western countries. breast cancer in over ...

abstract background: the aim of this study was to investigate the modelling of different processes that could account for the link between psychopathology, cognitive social and demographic risk factors and enacting assault by husband. method: this article reports a test using data on 230 males who participated in a family violence survey study. the sample was selected by a multiclustral samplin...

objective: obesity is a worldwide health problem, with increasing prevalence associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. decrease in energy intake has been shown to lower the risk of coronary artery disease (cad) in obese. the common form of dietary restriction is daily calorie restriction (cr). another form is alternate-day fasting (adf). the ability of modified adf to facilitate we...

background: osteoporosis (op) is a common complication of inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis (ra). in this study we evaluated osteoporosis and its related factors in ra patients. methods: this cross - sectional study was carried out from 2010 to 2011 on 121 women with ra aged 45-75 years. these patients were selected and divided in two groups according to their bone mineral den...

background: to assess the caries risk among 12‑years old children using the cariogram and to evaluate it by comparing with the actual change in dmft and dmfs over a period of two year. methods: a two year prospective study was conducted among 12 years age group school going children in davangere city. at the baseline relevant and required information regarding the oral hygiene, diet, fluoride u...

background: the detrimental effects of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (phvos) on apolipoproteins have been reported from several parts of the world; however, few data are available in this regard from the understudied region of the middle east. the present study aimed to evaluate the association between type of vegetable oils, serum lipids and apolipoprotein levels among iranians. method...

tuberculous meningitis (tbm) and acute bacterial meningitis (abm) cause substantial mortality and morbidity in both children and adults. identification of poor prognostic factors at patient's admission could prepare physicians for more aggressive monitoring of patients with meningitis. the objective of this study was to determine the predictive value of neurological features to differentiate ab...

background: the existing evidence suggests that plasma adiponectin concentrations can be indicative of the presence and severity of coronary artery disease (cad). however, the results of the studies conducted hitherto on this subject are inconsistent. we sought to investigate the possible correlation between plasma adiponectin levels and the presence and severity of cad in patients undergoing n...

respiratory syncytial virus (rsv) is the major cause of lower respiratory tract infections in infants,and also an important factor for hospitalization during the winter months. to determine the prevalence and importance of rsv as a cause of acute lower respiratory tract infection, we carried out a prospective study during 5 months period from november to march 1998 in 6 pediatric hospitals. a n...