Risk-taking has an important role in human’s life, either positive or negative. Thus, finding a method to control or drive this in a particular way could affect individuals and communities’ health by discouraging negative risks such as reckless driving or encouraging positive risks. Emotion induction is one of the methods that can enhance or reinforce risk-taking according to the perceived emot...

Background: At the end of the 19th century, international communities have realized the necessity of global planning and cooperation. Accordingly, worldwide meetings have been organized for several years. This study aims to assess the achievement of predetermined objectives by international conferences in the field of risk management. Materials and Methods: The search for articles and document...

It is projected that, by 2025, .300 million people worldwide will have diabetes. In the United States, in the period between the 2 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys conducted in 1976 and 1994, the number of people with diabetes almost doubled (1). Obesity, overweight, and physical inactivity are regarded to be the major contributing factors for the development of this disease (2...

This paper traces the evolution of economists' views about risk segmentation in health insurance markets. Originally seen as a desirable goal, risk segmentation has come to be viewed as leading to abnormal profits, wasted resources, and inefficient limitations on coverage and services. We suggest that risk segmentation may be efficient if one takes an ex post view (i.e., after consumers' risks ...

  About 15 % of all musculoskeletal tuberculosis (TB) have hip involvement. Early anti-tubercular drug therapy and other conservative treatment including short-term traction and mobilization programs could prevent hip joint destruction. Reactivation of TB accounts for a significant of active TB incidence, especially in the developed countries with a low TB prevalence. The risk of TB activation ...

Background:Hypertension with its related disorders is one of the most common health problems among the Iranian population. Hypertension can be developed by chronic stress and a positive association between stress and rs2596542 has been confirmed. Methods:A Total number of 112 hypertensive patients and 97 healthy individuals were involved in the study. Total blood genomic-DNA was extracted and ...