Publications by authors named "Behnaz Mahmoudvand"
Article Synopsis
- - The study evaluated the impact of alcohol use disorder and its related health issues in Iran from 1990 to 2019, using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) data to analyze various health metrics.
- - Notably, there was a significant decline in age-standardized Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY) for alcohol use disorder and its complications like cirrhosis and liver cancer, indicating some progress in reducing the health burden.
- - However, alcohol use disorder still presents a serious public health issue in Iran, particularly affecting younger individuals, while cirrhosis greatly impacts the older population.
Background: Sleep quality is defined as an individual's consent to sleep experience. Poor sleep quality has important adverse health outcomes. There are drugs to treat sleep disorders but consumption of these drugs is accompanied by adverse effects whereas herbal treatments have fewer side effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAging is described as an advanced time-related collection of changes that may negatively affect with the risk of several diseases or death. Aging is a main factor of several age-related neurological disorders, including neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and dementia), stroke, neuroinflammation, neurotoxicity, brain tumors, oxidative stress, and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Currently available medications for age-related neurological disorders may lead to several side effects, such as headache, diarrhea, nausea, gastrointestinal (GI) diseases, dyskinesia, and hallucinosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEpidemiology of findings of lumbar puncture among pediatric patients.
Ann Med Surg (Lond)
December 2021
Article Synopsis
- * A total of 247 patients were included, with a majority being young children, and significant findings included a diagnosis of meningitis in 15.3% of cases and connections between CSF characteristics (like WBC count) and diagnoses.
- * The study concludes that lumbar puncture is crucial for diagnosing neurological diseases, and suggests further research incorporating neuroimaging and treatment strategies.