background: the major aneuploidies that are diagnosed prenatally involve the autosomal chromosomes 13, 18, and 21, as well as sex chromosomes, x and y. because multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (mlpa) is rapid and non-invasive, it has replaced traditional culture methods for the screening and diagnosis of common aneuploidies in some countries. objective:  to evaluate the sensitiv...

introduction: decayed teeth are one of the diseases of civilization. intraoral factors which interact with the others such as heredity, cultural and social factors are involved in the initiation of the disease. among social factors, health care is particularly important. the aim of the present study was to evaluate dmft, dmft and gingivitis in the first-year students of elementary, guidance and...

background: anemia is the most common blood disorder observed in vulnerable groups and affects their efficiency in their everyday activities. possible complications of the disease may be reduced or prevented by screening of patients. screening programs impose certain costs upon the health system, which may offset their positive effects. whether the positive impacts of screening outweigh its cos...

there is strong and consistent evidence that eating disorders are prevalent in sport and especially in weight sensitive sports such as endurance, weight category and aesthetic sports as well as jumping events. these illnesses are not only common but lead to significant physical and psychological morbidity and impaired performances. sports organizations, and by extension the professionals whose ...

oral cancer has emerged as a significant cause of global public health concern in both developing and developed nations. multiple socio-demographic and habit-related risk factors have been attributed to causing oral cancer. a diverse array of challenges exists in the global campaign to address the burden of oral cancer. such challenges have served as barriers to the early diagnosis and treatmen...

background: this study aimed to explore the experiences of iranian women regarding the barriers to and facilitating factors for cervical cancer screening. methods: eight focus groups (n= 86 participants) were conducted with women referred to a health center in karaj, iran from january to march, 2007. purposeful sampling was used. married women aged 18 years old and over, not suffering from obst...

background: sputum smear examination is the basis of diagnosis of tuberculosis and quality control for the correct diagno­sis of tuberculosis is necessary. this study was a method survey and performed with 930 smears with the aim to compare the confidence rate of sputum smear examination reported by one laboratory technician with the findings reported by two techni­cians in a tuberculosis scree...

breast cancer is the leading cause of malignancy among women. screening using mammography is proposed as an effective intervention for reducing early deaths due to breast cancer. we conducted a systematic review to assess the cost-effectiveness of such screening programs. we searched medline, scopus and google scholar and complemented it by other searches using sensitive search terms from 1993-...

background and objectives: brucellosis is a zoonotic disease and it’s still endemic in iran. there are some reports regarding brucellosis infection in family members sharing same risk factors and remain unrecognized. however , few studies on the importance of family screening are available. we aimed to screen household members of index cases with acute brucellosis for detecting additional unrec...

evidence acquisition an electronic search of available literature published was conducted in all peer-reviewed journal indexed in pubmed, scopus and google scholar. the literature search was done among articles related treatment of hepatitis c with daas in different patient groups with mass screening of the patients and cost benefit of new treatments as main key words. results there are major s...