The main part of this article was extracted from lung and chest diseases section of canon of medicine of Avicenna and then was studied. Avicenna (980 – 1037 AD) the great Islamic and Iranian Physician, in his masterpiece has stated etiologies of all diseases completely and comprehensively (1). Now, we present the brief etiology of all diseases specially coughs from the point of view of Avicenna...

During the last decade, the term '' Acute risk factors'' was used commonly to describe some activities and events which increase the risk of acute cardiac diseases (1) include: meteorological stress (2, 3), emotional stress (1, 3), overeat-ing (1, 3), nicotine abuse (2), different tensity of physical activity (3), especially heavy physical activity(1,3), sexual activity (1,3), during sleep (2),...

this is a letter to editor.there is growing interest in the health benefits of botanical diuretics. (1-2) ‎avicenna (980-1037 ad), the foremost iranian physician,‎‏ ‏introduced ‎numerous herbs as diuretics in his renowned book of canon of medicine. (3)‎avicenna and his followers have recommended herbal diuretics for most ‎ailments accompanied by fluid superabundance like lassitude, oedema, and ...

Physicians in ancient Persia played an important role in development of medicine in the medieval Europe. One of the most influential figures of this era was Avicenna. Avicenna (980 -1037AD) was , a great Islamic and Iranian physician and the author of more than 335 books on medicine, philosophy and other branches of knowledge, and his masterpiece," The Canon of Medicine "which was the text book...

the main purpose in this essay is investigation avicenna`s ethical philosophy with explain the nature of social and how to build social ethics. the method of this study is content analysis of avicenna’s ethical works. in this research analyze ethical works of avicenna and it is suggested that avicenna’s view on philosophy of ethics be called moderate relativism/realism. the results indicate tha...

Correspondence and reprint request: Dr. Amirhossein Sahebkar, Pharm.D. Biotechnology Research Center, School of Pharmacy, P.O.Box: 91775-1365 Cardiovascular Research Center Avicenna Research Institute Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad, Iran E-mail: [email protected] Manuscript received: March 07, 2011. Manuscript accepted: June 24, 2011. October-December, Vol. 10 No.4, 2011:...

BACKGROUND Stroke has a huge negative impact on the society and more adversely affect women. There is scarce evidence about any neuroprotective effects of commonly used drug in acute stroke. Bushnell et al. provided a guideline focusing on the risk factors of stroke unique to women, including reproductive factors, metabolic syndrome, obesity, atrial fibrillation, and migraine with aura. The ten...

Dear Editor, Estrogen deficiency in women is an important risk factor for serious disorders such as severe cardiovascular diseases (1). Several different conditions can lead to estrogen deficiency with premature ovarian failure (POF) being an important one (2, 3). POF includes the cessation of normal ovarian function before age 40, causing menopausal symptoms and general health problems. Althou...