Background: Studies have demonstrated that sickle cell trait can be found in an asymptomatic healthy carrier with normal complete blood count (CBC) and red blood cell (RBC) indices. According to Iranian Ministry of Health bulletin instructions, prenuptial Thalassemia Screening Program (TSP) primarily depends on RBC indices which are measured through a routine CBC. Only when these levels are bel...

satisfaction of health teams about the function of family physician in medical universities of northern provinces, iran    motlagh me [1] , nasrollahpour shirvani sd [2] , ashrafian amiri h [3] , kabir mj [4] , shabestani mounfared a [5] , mohoudi s [6] , nahvijoy a [7]     received: 10 feb, 2011 accepted: 2 may, 2011    abstract background & aims: health teams are experts and health workers in...

november arrives and as each year the iranian congress of ophthalmology organized by the iranian society of ophthalmology, a national and very popular re::::union:::: of the iranian ophthalmologists and some colleagues from the surrounding countries. this year a new congress center (aboreyhan international conference center, shahid beheshti university) at north of tehran has been chosen for thi...

Although the medical history of each country is closely related with that of other countries, Iranian medicine, along with the Greek and Arabic ones, provided a series of completing thoughts by virtue of “philosophy of history.” Always, the pioneers have attempted to transfer their thoughts and experiences to the next generation, and other people have attempted to add some issues and experience...

Inadequate calcium intake is considered a public health problem in some vulnerable groups, especially pregnant women. The aim of this study was to determine the pattern of dietary calcium intake among urban pregnant women in Ahwaz City in south west Iran. Participants comprised 339 pregnant women (26±5.5 yrs) in the 28th-32nd week of gestation, who had attended selected urban health centres in ...

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENTS IN THE PERSIAN HOSPITALS FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO 15 CENTURY Seyedeh Aida Ahmadi, Arman Zargaran Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran ([email protected]), Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran ([email protected]) The first hospital reported from 6 century AD was in the J...