Background:Headache is a common clinical symptom which goes far back in human history. This study is a quick review on headache concerning its diagnosis and treatment based on writings of Rhazes and Avicenna as the most distinguished and prominent scholars in Iranian medical history. Methods: In this review the reliable literature on related traditional medici...

Rabies is a fatal viral disease affecting warm-blooded mammals (bats, carnivores, and ruminants) even humans. The virus usually transmitted between humans or other animals through the bite of infected animals. However, there are unusual ways to share virus, such as organ transplants. has been known in ancient world since about 2300 BC. Dogs were commonly leading carriers disease. There strange ...

1. Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center and Dept. of Phytopharmaceuticals (Traditional Pharmacy), School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2. Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine and Dept. of History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 3. Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, ...

abstract islamic medicine is regarded as a comprehensive medical school with a long, glorious and worldwide reputation. some of the physicians of this school are famous worldwide and have contributed valuable services to the scientific world. given the dramatically increasing prevalence of cancer and the relative inefficacy of current medications, there is a great demand for the introduction of...

Background: Pterygium is one of the eye diseases that have been a subject of interest since ancient times. The aim of this study was to trace back the methods of diagnosis and treatment of pterygium throughout the history of Islamic civilization and to learn about the drugs and the related surgical instruments used to treat it. Methods: We searched all availab...

There are studies reporting primary headaches to be associated with gastrointestinal disorders, and some report resolution of headache following the treatment of the associated gastrointestinal disorder. Headache disorders are classified by The International Headache Society as primary or secondary; however, among the secondary headaches, those attributed to gastrointestinal disorders are not a...

Asian scholars especially from Iran and China preserved most of the wisdom knowledge antiquity in their writing they had great influence even on both European traditional modern medical sciences. The current searching was done by keywords main indexing systems including PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus Institute for Scientific Information Web Science as well search engine Google Scholar. Avicenna famous ...

The incidence of cancer is increasing in the developed countries and even more so in developing countries parallel to the increase in life expectancy. In recent years, clinicians and researchers advocate the need to include supportive and palliative care since the establishment of the diagnosis and throughout the duration of treatment, with the goal of improving patients' quality of life. This ...