the intestinal parasitic infection is one of the major health problems in northern parts of iran, especially in rural areas. in order to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites and the effect of some factors such as age, sex, region on the prevalence of intestinal parasites, a study was carried out in rural areas of tonekabon, caspian littoral, from jul. 1991 to feb. 1992. a total of 2...

The growing healthy aging population in Europe is a heterogeneous group with varying nutritional needs, especially in association with problems like decreased sense of smell and taste, saliva production, chewing and swallowing problems besides all disease problems that put specific demands on the dietary intake and the role of the intestinal metabolism. To investigate this, one must clarify whi...

context bowel obstruction is one of the most common causes of acute abdomen. because of heterogeneity of patients’ population and variety of causes, therapeutic strategies are not standardized, so treatment of intestinal obstruction is a surgical challenge in many cases. a traditional medicine approach could help detect some issues that were ignored by modern medicine. one of the major schools ...

Effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) dramatically reduces AIDS-related complications, yet the life expectancy of long-term ART-treated HIV-infected patients remains shortened compared to that of uninfected controls, due to increased risk of non-AIDS related morbidities. Many propose that these complications result from translocated microbial products from the gut that stimulate systemic infla...

background and aims : adverse drug reactions (adrs) are one of the major leading causes of death in the world. this study was designed and conducted because of the importance of adverse events in the cancer treatment setting and regarding this issue there is no study exploring adverse reactions of acute hematologic malignancy chemotherapy in iranian population. methods : this was a prospective,...

BACKGROUND The frequency with which non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase small intestinal permeability and cause inflammation is uncertain. AIMS To examine small intestinal permeability and inflammation in a large number of patients on long term NSAIDs. METHODS Sixty eight patients receiving six different NSAIDs for over six months underwent combined absorption-permeabili...

objective: the autoimmune diseases tend to coexist with diabetes mellitus type i (t1dm). the concomitance of these two types of diseases will lead to poor glycemic control beside their own complications. in this study the prevalence of thyroid disorder and celiac disease among t1dm patients in yazd, iran was evaluated. materials and methods: all the patients diagnosed as t1dm in yazd younger th...