Objective: Infantile colic is one of the most current problems in the first few months of life. It is suggested that organic or psychologic and behavioral factors can predispose to involve this disorder. Here, we have studied the role of some maternal risk factors including bovine IgG levels in breast milk for appearing the colic in young babies. Material & Methods: This retrospective study was...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a significant health problem throughout the world. OBJECTIVES We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of hepatitis B antigen (HBsAg) seropositivity in the general population of Mashhad, northeast of Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS One thousand six hundred fifty-two healthy individuals aged 1 to 90 (Mean; 29.1 ± 18.5) from all 12 municipalities of Masha...

Hypertension (HTN) is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) affecting more than a quarter of the world’s adult population. The aim of this survey was to determine the prevalence of HTN, pre-HTN, and awareness of HTN in an Iranian population, and to assess the factors associated with HTRN and preHTN. The MASHAD study started in 2010 and will continue until 2020. The demograph...

The background I, along with my wife Veronica Doubleday, have been engaged with the music of Afghanistan for the last 35 years. The foundation of my knowledge of Afghan music comes from 2 years fieldwork in Herat, and to a much lesser extent Kabul, in the 1970s. My first foray into the Afghan diaspora was in 1985, making the film Amir: An Afghan refugee musician's life in Peshawar, Pakistan. Si...

saline and drought stress conditions are the most important factors in yield reduction of crops in the world. breeding of cultivars with high tolerance to these stresses and satisfactory yielding are considerable. the aim of this study was to compare the means of selected generations in saline and drought stress conditions in order to calculate response to selection. in this study two populatio...

following the hospitalization of 195 individuals due to the spider bite in 1995 and three cases of recorded death in the year of 1993 which were referred to emam reza hospital in mashad, the present study was undertaken on bionomics and medical importance of lathrodectus spp in khorasan province, during 1995-2005. a total cases of 195 bites were studied composing of 70.8 % males and 29.2% femal...