Integrative role of traditional and modern technologies to combat COVID-19.

Introduction: With the development of various branches of sciences, we will be able to resolve different clinical aspects of various diseases better. The convergence of these sciences can potentially tackle the new corona crisis.

Areas Covered: In this review, we attempted to explore and describe various scientific branches studying COVID-19.

Passive smoking and cardiometabolic risk factors in Iranian children and adolescents: CASPIAN-V study.

Background: Smoking behavior as a harmful trend among adolescents and young adults has increased over last two decades. Many children and adolescents are at the risk of "second-hand" smoking at home due to their exposure to parents' or siblings' smoking. These second hand smokers are called "passive smokers" and are at risk of several health complications like cardiometabolic risk factors.