BACKGROUND Social changes due to urbanism, acculturation, and fading of values have led to some challenges in family relationships, including domestic elder abuse. This study was conducted to determine elder abuse status in Yazd, Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 250 elderly people over 60 years in Yazd in 2014-2015. Clustered random sampling was used to recruit the pa...

Background Phlebotominae sand flies are the main vectors of leishmaniasis and some other diseases. Materials and Methods Using sticky traps, sand flies were collected fortnightly from outdoors and indoors areas of selected sites. Results A total of 2032 specimens (498 in the city and 1534 in the outskirts of Yazd) belonging to 11 species were collected. The activity of sand flies started in...

OBJECTIVES: The enhancement of antibiotic resistance has been ascribed to a collection of microbial characteristics, the selective pressure of antibiotic use and social and technical vicissitudes that enhance the transmission of resistant organisms.The aim of this study was to investigate antimicrobial-resistance to Escherichia coli isolated from patients in Shahid Sadoughi hospital of Yazd. ME...

BACKGROUND This cross-sectional investigation compared the depressive condition between menopaused and nonmenopasued women in the age of 45-55 in Yazd city in Yazd Province in center of Iran. METHODS The samples were divided into two groups (70 menopaused women and 70 nonmenopaused women) , and were selected by cluster sampling from the city of Yazd. The depressive tendency of participants wa...

iabetes Mellitus (DM) refers to a group of metabolic disorders with a common presentation of hyperglycemia. There are two common types of DM. In Type 1, there is absolute or neartotal insulin deficiency; while in type 2, the problem originates from insulin resistance, impaired insulin secretion and raised glucose production (1). Skin disorders are common in diabetic patients and the prevalence ...

BACKGROUND The current study's objectives were to find any possible spatial patterns and hotspot of cardiovascular events and to perform a correlation study to find any possible relevance between cardiovascular disease (CVE) and location of industrial installation said above. METHODS We used the Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) hospital admission record in three main hospitals in Yazd, Yazd ...

BACKGROUND Cancer incidence rate is increasing in the world particularly in developing countries. The awareness regarding cancer incidence and distribution helps policy makers and researchers to design comprehensive plan for controlling cancer. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence rate and trend of cancer in Yazd Province, central Iran. METHODS Data from Yazd cancer registry w...

acanthamoeba keratitis is a vision- threatening infection and the most important risk factors are contact lenses characteristic symptoms include disproportionately severe ocular pain, epithelial ulcer, ring stromal infiltrate and resistance to antimicrobial treatment. the aim is to report the first cases of acanthamoeba keratitis in yazd in a retrospective study confirmed on histopathological a...