Investigating the Rate of the Use of Persian Traditional Medicine Services in Tehran.

Background: Despite all the advancements and publicity made in regard to classical medicine, every day more and more people are interested in complementary medicine. This study was designed and conducted to determine the relative frequency of the use of Persian traditional medicine services by the people of Tehran.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted using the telephone survey method in Tehran.

Efficacy of Plantago major seed in management of ulcerative colitis symptoms: A randomized, placebo controlled, clinical trial.

Objective: Evaluation of the effect of Plantago major (P. major) seed on ulcerative colitis (UC) symptoms.

Methods: In this randomized double-blind clinical trial, 61 subjects received 3600 mg/day roasted P.

Useful Medicinal Plants for Vision Impairment in Traditional Iranian Medicine.

Vision impairment is an important general health issue that imposes many costs on governments and the health system every year. Despite the decline in infectious eye diseases, which has reduced the vision impairment and blindness over the past two decades, vision impairment is still a major health problem in some parts of the world. In traditional medicine books, visual weakness is referred to as " ".

Daily Consumption of Caper Fruit Along With Atorvastatin Has Synergistic Effects in Hyperlipidemic Patients: Randomized Clinical Trial.

Background: Dyslipidemia leads to micro- and macro-vascular complications. Atorvastatin is the main therapeutic drug used for dyslipidemia, but it causes side effects such as new type 2 diabetes mellitus onset and elevation of liver enzymes. Herbs may be useful in reducing atorvastatin doses.

Effect of Phototherapy on Serum Level of Calcium, Magnesium and Vitamin D in Infants With Hyperbilirubinemia.

Background And Objective: Phototherapy is one of the therapy methods for jaundice caused by hyperbilirubinemia. Vitamin D and bilirubin have two distinct routes of metabolism yet part of their syntheses is common in the liver and thus they may influence each other's synthesis. One of the consequences of phototherapy not previously studied in detail is hypocalcaemia and hypomagnesaemia.

Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Nasal Polyp and Chronic Rhinosinusitis.

Background: Nasal inflammatory disorders such as chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyp are among the most prevalent complications with high socioeconomic costs. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) plays a key role in angiogenesis and cell proliferation. In the present study the effect of VEGF on the development and prognosis of chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyp was investigated.

Expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors in papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Background: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), occurs mostly in women and sex hormones may play a role in the pathogenesis and clinical course. The objective of this study was to determine the status and prevalence of estrogen and progesterone receptors in PTC with regard to age, gender, tumor size and lymph node involvement.

Methods: Immunohistochemical stains were performed on 92 tissue blocks of PTC for estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) expression in tumor cells.

Cytokeratin7 expression in gastric and colorectal adenocarcinoma: Correlation with prognostic factors.

Background: Gastric and colorectal adenocarcinoma are the second and the fifth most common cancers in Iran, respectively. Expression of cytokeratin 7 (CK7) is established in most malignancies including gastric and colorectal adenocarcinoma. Demonstration of Ck7 could be related to prognostic factors and help to the better management of the patients.

Frequency of Group B Streptococcal Colonization in Pregnant Women Aged 35- 37 Weeks in Clinical Centers of Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.

Background & Objectives: One of the important infectious factors in pregnant mothers and newborns is Group B Streptococcus (GBS). There is no perfect report about prevalence of GBS in Iran and in the case of preterm rupture of amniotic membrane or preterm labor all patients are treated by antibiotics without culture so this has led to adverse taking antibiotics and drug resistance. The present study is intended to determine the frequency of colonization of GBS in the pregnant mother (35-37 weeks), referred to medical centers of Shahed University.

Evaluation of the effects of resting in appearance of post lumbar puncture headache.

Lumbar puncture (LP) is a procedure for obtaining spinal fluid from spinal meningeal spaces this can be done as a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure which can result in to a typical positional headache named as post lumbar puncture headache .This can cause a lot of discomforts for patients and makes fear from the procedure. This study designed to evaluate the effect of resting position after LP on post lumbar puncture headache (PLPH).

Skin protective behavior amongst girl students; based on health belief model.

Skin cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer in most of the countries and more than 90% of cancer cases are related to ultra violet rays of the sun. Therefore protective behaviors against sunlight are considered the most essential measures for skin cancer prevention. This study has been conducted to determine the frequency of protective behavior against sunlight among female students of Tehran city high schools.

The Study of Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Oil-Based Dill (Anethum graveolens L.) Extract Used Topically in Formalin-Induced Inflammation Male Rat Paw.

Inflammation is one of the symptoms of many common and harmful diseases. As it is incurable through chemical drugs, the study on this ailment using new methods and drugs seems necessary. In addition, the adverse effects of the present anti-inflammatory drugs like NSAIDS and Glucocorticoid appeared in the long time use make such study more demanded.

Clinical Evaluation of Commiphora Mukul, a Botanical resin, in the Management of Hemorrhoids: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Hemorrhoids complaint is one of the most common problems in most society, especially in Asian countries. Current drug treatment protocols cannot cure the disease, and they are palliative. According to Persian traditional medicine, Commiphora Mukul (CM) resin is a medication choice.

Evaluation of patency of arteriovenous fistula and its relative complications in diabetic patients.

Purpose: To study the arteriovenous fistula patency, duration of its maintenance, and its relative complications.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and thirty patients who had undergone hemodialysis during five years (1996 to 2001) were included in this study. The patency rate and complications, including paresthesia, pain induced by ischemia, venous hypertension, infection, erythema, and edema, were assessed.

Monitoring of intraocular pressure and its correlation with systemic parameters before and after hemodialysis.

Introduction: End-stage renal disease and hemodialysis affect intraocular pressure (IOP). This study aimed to evaluate the effects of a one session of hemodialysis on IOP.

Materials And Methods: In this study, the IOP of 130 eyes of 65 hemodialysis patients (38 men and 27 women) was measured before and every 1 hour after the initiation of hemodialysis therapy.

Impact of hemodialysis on visual parameters in patients with end-stage renal disease.

Introduction: Patients with end-stage renal disease who receive hemodialysis are prone to visual disturbances. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of metabolic changes on visual parameters during hemodialysis sessions.

Materials And Methods: Demographic information including history of underlying diseases, wearing eyeglasses, any ocular diseases or surgeries, and hemodialysis duration and frequency were recorded in 65 hemodialysis patients.

Study of the Murine Double Minute 2 status in patients with gastric and colorectal carcinomas and its correlation with prognostic factors.

Background: Gastric and colorectal cancers are the second and the fourth most common cancers in Iran, respectively. The presence of Murine Double Minute 2 (MDM2) has been identified in many cancers and its relationship with prognosis is under investigation. This study aimed to assess the status of MDM2 and its relationship with prognostic factors in gastric and colorectal carcinoma.

Frequency and Perception of Sexual Activity during Pregnancy in Iranian Couples.

Background: Pregnancy stimulates partners to search for ways to preserve their mutual emotional relations and satisfy their sexual needs, with some limitations. This study evaluates the frequency and perception of sexual intercourse during pregnancy in a group of Iranian couples.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 155 pregnant women were recruited from two academic clinics in Tehran.

Evaluation of pre lumbar puncture position on post lumbar puncture headache.

Background: The most common complication of lumbar puncture (LP) occurring in over thirty percent of patients is headache. The position after lumbar puncture, needle type and size, and volume of the extracted cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) have been evaluated as contributory factors in occurrence of post lumbar puncture headache (PLPH), but the position before lumbar puncture has not been evaluated.

Methods: The occurrence of post lumbar puncture headache was evaluated in 125 patients undergoing lumbar puncture, divided randomly into sitting and lateral decubitus groups in the following five days.

The effects of sleep quality and duration in late pregnancy on labor and fetal outcome.

Background: Sleep disturbance is common during pregnancy. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of sleep duration and its quality on labor and fetal outcome.

Method: In a cross sectional study, primigravida women with singleton pregnancy (gestational age > 37 weeks) were recruited.

The effects of body mass index on the treatment of the patients with migraine headaches.

Background: Migraine is a prevalent disease which is classified into two groups of migraine with aura and without aura. Eighteen percent of women and 6.5 percent of men in United States have migraine headache.