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...

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...

â â â  avicenna and the arabic phonetics â â â â â  * mahmood shakib ansari â  * * alireza yusofi â â â  abstract â  avicenna, the iranian philosopher and sage, mostly famous for his scientific works such as law and the shifa has done some studies in arabic phonetics as well. besides pointing to some physical aspects of sounds in the above mentioned books, he has also written a monograph in ara...