The World Health Organization reports noncommunicable disease as a global pandemic. While national and international health research/policy bodies, such as the World Health Organization and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, emphasize the importance of preventative health, there is a continuing distortion in the allocation of resources to curative health as a result of government f...

ôbjective: type d personality is based on negative affectivity (nâ) and social inhibition (sï). the purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the persian version of 14-item type d personality scale (ds14). methods: the study included 191 normal participants and 176 patients with myocardial infarction (mï). they all filled out the persian version of ds14, containing 7-...

It is now nearly three years since our last newsletter. During that time we have continued to collect more samples from volunteers and enlarged our collection of photos for the face genetics project to nearly 2000. Most importantly, a subset of 2039 of our samples has been extensively analysed, and, after several revisions and adjustments, the results have appeared on 19 March as a major paper ...

conclusions the results of the present study give some evidence that allows us to conclude that hardiness and coping strategies affect occupational life quality for both people suffering from type ii diabetes and healthy people. therefore, it is proposed that people strengthen their hardiness and coping strategies, in order to improve their occupational life quality. background due to the epide...

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of disorders that cause chronic inflammation (pain and swelling) in the intestines. IBD includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Both types affect the digestive system. The study aims to compare coping strategies in people with inflammatory bowel disease and healthy people, according to internal and external sources of health contr...

The objective of the present experimental study was to compare how young people, healthy older and people with dementia cognitively integrated<em> </em>three factors (Intention, Consequence, Apology) when making blame-like judgments (prosecution revenge) forgiveness-like (resentment reconciliation). Thirty-four (<em>Mage </em>= 22.12, <em>SD 3.44), 22 71.82, 8.69),...