this article is a commentary of an overview on “medical tourism” submitted by lunt and marrion, which describes a framework for the study of the issues related to medical tourism. the commentary attempts to differentiate between the current interest in medical tourism and the time-honored and well-established treatment abroad from countries with underdeveloped health systems. the commentary als...

introduction: glutaric academia type i is a metabolic disorder that is caused due to deficiency of glutaryl-coa dehydrogenase. macrocephaly is a common sign in ga1, although many infants usually appear healthy at birth.   case report a 5.5 year old boy with ga1was admitted to nicu. chief compliance of patient for hospitalization was pneumonia and sepsis and he was intubated and mechanically ven...

m alizade [1] , md mr mohammadi fallah [2] , md m shokoohi [3] , md ah sharafi [4] , mdm maghsudi [5] , md  received: 23 dec, 2007 accepted: 12 april, 2008 abstract  background &aims; : impacted distal ureteral stone have always been controversial on the choice of treatment. this study aims to evaluate the effect of tamsulosin (non selective alpha 1-blocker) in medical expulsion therapy of dist...

background: the need for better healthcare has grown significantly in recent years. in addition, the rising healthcare costs in the u.s. and in many european countries have forced many patients to seek medical treatment abroad, which has created the demand for medical tourism. with little yet known as to the perception of a medical tourist's destination selection, this study aims to explore med...

background: this paper examined the political and social implications of the compendium de epidemia prescription written by the masters of the faculty of medicine of the university of paris in the mid-14th century during the black death. this study aimed to examine how the effects of power as a discourse owned by medical knowledge are revealed. methods: this paper outlines the composition of th...

objective: most previous retrospective studies failed to show a consistent association between pre-hospital time intervals and mortality in trauma patients, bringing the recommendation of “transport fast to increase survival” under question. the aim of this study was to evaluate the association of response time, scene time, and transport time with 24-hour in-hospital mortality.   methods: in th...