Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a new glucose-lowering therapy for T2DM with documented benefits on blood glucose, hypertension, weight reduction and long term cardiovascular benefit. They have an inherent osmotic diuretic effect and lead to some volume loss and possible dehydration. There is some concern about the safety of using SGLT2 inhibitors in Muslim type 2 diabete...

interactions between physicians and nurses are regarded as an indicator to present the desirable care for the patient. the present study was conducted with aim of clarifying the status of communication and collaboration of nurses and physicians as well as the correlation between these two factors from the nurses' viewpoint. this research was a descriptive - analytical study of the cross-se...

in orders to promote the level of healthcare in societies, governments try to have different policies to transform the health system. the aim of this study was to measure the level of awareness of practitioners in iran, after initiating the new transformation of the health system in the country, starting from may 2014. this is a descriptive–cross-sectional study, which was inducted in october 2...

introduction: equity in health means justice in the distribution of community health. the purpose of justice in health is to consider health needs of all people regardless of their geographical location or cultural, economic, and social status. the aim of this study was to assess distribution of specialists based on population (100,000 people) in public hospitals of iranian provinces during 201...

The Israeli healthcare system is a universal system, based on the National Health Law of 1995, which mandates all citizens in country to join one four official health medical organizations (HMO's), known as Kupat Holim (Clallite,Macabi,Meuhedet and Leumit), are non-profit public organizations. They provide community services; some hospitalization services. Research Aims investigate cultural soc...

There is a long-going debate on the genetic origin of Chinese Muslim populations, such as Uygur, Dongxiang, and Hui. However, genetic information for those Muslim populations except Uygur is extremely limited. In this study, we investigated the genetic structure and ancestry of Chinese Muslims by analyzing 15 autosomal short tandem repeats in 652 individuals from Dongxiang, Hui, and Han Chinese...

straightforward indexes of identity. This lacks analytic validity but reveals the linguistic ideologies upon which the politics of nationalism often turn (Bauman and Briggs 2003). Following Stewart (2001), we should be cautious of modern notions that linguistic form (e.g., Bengali discourse full of Sanskritor Perso-Arabic-derived words) directly reflects an author’s politico-religious stance or...

The death of a child has a profound and often long-lasting impact on families. The parent's relationship and their ability to bond with and take care of surviving children may be affected. It is important for healthcare workers to understand the dynamics associated with bereavement, especially when the family comes from a non-Western culture. Islam is one of the three most populous religions al...