Risk factors for diabetic foot ulcer in diabetic patients at the Tehran diabetes clinic: a case-control study.

Background And Objective: : Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is one of the main health challenges of diabetes complications worldwide. A wide range of factors may increase the risk of DFU. This study aimed to investigate the risk factors of DFU among diabetic patients.

Burden of cardiometabolic disease attributable to sugar sweetened beverages consumption in North Africa and the Middle East from 1990 to 2021.

Objectives: The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is recognized as a significant risk factor for chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Accurate estimates of the burden of SSBs are crucial for preventing, controlling, and treating associated diseases to achieve the Third United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of reducing premature mortality from NCDs by one-third by 2030. In this study, we aim to systematically assess the regional patterns and trends in the burden of SSBs in the North Africa and the Middle East (NAME) region.

Sex disparity in the burden of NCDs and its four main subgroups in Iran 1990-2019: a systematic analysis from the global burden of disease study 2019.

Objectives: The significant health differences between sexes in Iran in terms of burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) point to the urgency of developing policies. We aim to explore sex disparities in NCDs.

Methods: We used Global Burden of Disease 2019 study to compare estimates of incidence, prevalence, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), years lived with disabilities (YLDs), years of life lost (YLLs), and deaths among sexes for NCDs, and their main subgroups; neoplasms, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), diabetes mellitus (DM) during 1990-2019.

Diabetic foot self-care practice in women with diabetes in Iran.

Background And Aims: The present study was conducted to determine the situation of foot self-care practice among Iranian women with diabetes.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 475 women completed the Diabetic Foot Self-Care Questionnaire (DFSQ) along with other questions. The overall and three components scores including personal care, podiatric care, and foot wearing, were calculated and their relationship with other factors was analyzed.

Tendon repair by plasma jet treatment.

Objective: In recent years many researchers applied cold plasma for wound healing. The cold plasma is irradiated on the surface of wound. In this paper the effect of irradiation of cold plasma on the skin for healing of injured tissue which is located inside body, such as tendon, is evaluated.

Predicting Factors of Pain Duration in Patients with Chronic Pain: A Large Population-based Study.

Background: Chronic pain is the third main problem of global health and the most common cause of long-term disabilities. The duration that patients suffer from chronic pain is directly proportional to the extent of the suffering and to the amount of health care resources allocated to this problem. There is no research that has studied the risk factors associated with the long pain duration in chronic pain patients.

Treatment of hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules by percutaneous ethanol injection.

BACKGROUND: Autonomous thyroid nodules can be treated by a variety of methods. We assessed the efficacy of percutaneous ethanol injection in treating autonomous thyroid nodules. METHODS: 35 patients diagnosed by technetium-99 scanning with hyperfunctioning nodules and suppressed sensitive TSH (sTSH) were given sterile ethanol injections under ultrasound guidance.