background: a key challenge for equality evaluation and monitoring, mainly in developing countries, is assessing socioeconomic status of individuals (ses). this difficulty along with low technical competency, have resulted in many health information collected in these countries to be devoid of suitable ses indices. however, simplifying data collection requirements for estimating economic parame...

background : malnutrition represents an important issue in older adults; unfortunately, there is lack of data concerning this topic in lebanon. this paper aims to provide a description of nutritional status and its correlates in older adults living in long stay institutions situated in beirut. methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted in three long stay institutions in beirut in 2012. ...

non-convulsive status epilepticus (ncse) may present with several manifestations, many of which may not be obvious. the most important tool for the diagnosis of ncse is the electroencephalograph (eeg) pattern. this is a case report of a boy 9 years of age presenting with severe and continuous headache. he had received chemotherapy for histiocytosis, diagnosed at the age of 3.5 years. no evidenc...

background: during recent years transmission of dirofilaria immitis (dog heart worm) by culex pipiens and west nile virus have been reported from iran. the present study was preformed for evaluating the susceptibility status of cx. pipiens collected from capital city of tehran, iran . methods: four insecticides including: ddt 4%, lambdacyhalothrin 0.05%, deltamethrin 0.05% and cyfluthrin 0.15 %...

background: bread is the major food in middle east and iran. recent studies in iran have shown that daily bread consumption was 300gr. also, 40.2% of the total energy per person was obtained from bread. methods: this cross-sectional study was done in 81 bakeries in rafsanjan, iran in 2004. the main objective of this study was to determine some parameters of the bread, such as ph, nacl, dough an...

background and objectives: regarding the high prevalence of unhealthy food habits among iranian children, we aimed to assess the effect of a school-based nutrition education program on nutritional status of primary school students in shiraz. materials and methods: this randomized educational controlled trial was carried out on 221 primary school age children selected by cluster sampling in the ...

conclusions the significant improvement in the experimental group’s mean knowledge, hbm structures , and behavior scores indicates the positive effect of the intervention. background using various models of behavior change, a number of studies in the area of nutrition education have confirmed that nutrition habits and behaviors can be improved. objectives this study sought to determine the effe...

introduction: refractory status epilepticus is a life-threatening disease in children wherein seizure movements don't response to first line anti convulsion drugs. this study reviewed risk factors, management and early outcome of children with refractory status epilepticus. methods: patients with refractory status epilepticus admitted in tabriz children's hospital between 2003 and 200...

background: pulmonary complications, respiratory symptoms and depression are common occurrences which contribute to the morbidity and mortality seen in individuals living with hiv/aids. this study investigated the effect of aerobic exercise on the pulmonary functions, respiratory symptoms and psychological status of people living with hiv. methods: this study was conducted in lagos, nigeria fro...

objective: to compare the hormonal status in postmenopausal women with and without metabolic syndrome. materials and methods: in this cross sectional study 110 postmenopausal women were enrolled. participants completed a questionnaire and underwent a medical exam and serum evaluation for serum lipids including cholesterol (chol), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (hdl), low density lipoprote...