modern medicine owes much to the endeavours and contributions made by the ancients that are unfortunately anonymous or even neglected intentionally today. this study was done to give attention to “the ancient golden times”, as the author believes it deserves the nomination, to give credit to the manner our ancient physicians and masters practiced medicine and managed traumas in particular in a ...

conclusions stem cell therapies in wound care may lessen the morbidities associated with wound healing. an ideal method for the effective administration of stem cells for burn patients has not yet been elucidated. further comparison of the local and systemic effects in burn patients, associated with each route of stem cell delivery, needs to be performed. results application of cells to the bur...

two basic and clinical researches accomplished during the recent years on embryonic and adult stem cells constituted a mutation in regenerative therapy. these cells can be used for treating some degenerative diseases. between them, age-related functional defects, hematopoietic and immune system disorders, heart failures, chronic liver injuries, diabetes, parkinson’s and alzheimer’s diseases, ar...

background: carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless and poisonous gas. since there is currently no information on the prevalence of carbon monoxide poisoning in mazandaran, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of carbon monoxide poisoning and compare its prevalence with other poisonings recorded in mazandaran department of forensic medicine, from 2009 to 2011.methods: this is a desc...

introduction: today the market of medical tourism is growing as one of the competitive and profitable industries in the world. the aim of this study was to determine medical tourist attraction in tehran hospitals. methods: this is a descriptive study which was carried out in 8 hospitals of tehran in 2012. 195 people from the managing boards of these hospitals participated in the study. a questi...

conclusions the article presents the relation between anemia and liver dysfunction viewed by iranian traditional medicine as an important finding in designing a treatment plan. despite the new findings on the evaluation of liver function (i.e. laboratory tests), it seems that further studies for earlier evaluation of liver function in anemia are highly required. results our findings proved that...

today, nuclear medicine has rapidly been developed so that in some cases, plays a unique role in diagnosis but unfortunalty in spite of diagnostic and therapeutic advantages, the term “nuclear” can induce worries in patients and society. in this article, base on new documents, we intend to show that this worries has no scientific basis. to produce a realistic view, regarding to radiation protec...

background & aim: nepetabracteata benth is a medicinal plant belongs to the lamiaceae family which wildly grows in khorasan province. this herb is used by the indigenous people as afolkloric medicine in khorasan. this paper aimed to study the situation and application of this plant in traditional medicine of khorasan province.experimental: current study was done by questionnaire and intervi...

background & aim: treatment with herbal medicines is very popular in all over the world. nowadays, using medicinal plants has increased because of undesirable effects of the chemical drugs. more than 10000 plant species are used for medicinal purposes, mainly as traditional medicines in the treatment of dysmenorrhea.  the aim of this study was determining the rate of herbal remedies to reli...

the present article on the ancient science of medicine, studies on one hand the emergence of this science and on the other hand its development and compilation. the article also researches the development of medicine in islam, muslim medics and islamic universities in which this science has been taught. finally the article discusses the history of medicine after the emergence of islam in iran.