OBJECTIVE Better weight loss outcomes are achieved in adults and youth who adhere to obesity treatment regimens (i.e., session attendance and prescribed changes in weight control behaviors). However, more research is needed regarding children's adherence to a range of behaviors relevant for weight maintenance over long-term follow-up. DESIGN AND METHODS Overweight children (N = 101, aged 7-12...

it could be firmly claimed that, now days, agonist substitution treatments, play an important role in substance dependence treatment. some effective treatment protocols have been designed and suggested regarding substitution treatments with significantly positive outcomes. one simple but very devisable point about such treatments is that treatment would only be effective in case patient remains...

Ulcer relapse rates during up to 2 years of prophylactic low-dose maintenance therapy (LDMT) with cimetidine 400 mg at bedtime was examined in 261 patients. Endoscopy was repeated every 6 months if asymptomatic, or whenever symptoms recurred. Relapse was defined as the recurrence of an ulcer crater or erosions or both. In patients with non-refractory duodenal ulcer (those healed within 3 months...

Current management of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is noncurative and only partially effective. Immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory agents are the mainstays of maintenance treatment. Safer, better-tolerated, and proven effective treatments are needed. The perceived rarity of NMO has impeded clinical trials for this disease. However, a diagnostic biomarker and recognition of a wider spectrum of ...

background: chronic infection with hepatitis c virus (hcv) is increasingly recognized as a major global health problem. illicit injection drug use is an important risk factor for the rising hepatitis c virus (hcv) prevalence in ir iran. objectives: the objective of this study was to determine the long-term effectiveness (total quality adjusted life years (qalys) gained) of methadone maintenance...

background : to identify correlates related to retention time of a cohort study of the opioid-dependent patients participating in the methadone maintenance treatment (mmt) program offered by a major addiction treatment clinic in tehran, iran between april 2007 and march 2011. methods : several parametric survival models assuming weibull, log-normal and log-logistic distributions were compared t...

background as one of the most important components of harm reduction strategy for high-risk groups, following the hiv epidemics, methadone maintenance treatment (mmt) has been initiated in prisoners since 2003. in this paper, we aimed to assess the advantages and shortcomings of the mmt program from the perspective of people who were involved with the delivery of prison healthcare in iran.   me...