Cohort profile: the Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP).

This is the first comprehensive cohort study of the health of older people ever conducted in Iran. The aim of this project is to investigate the health status of older people in Amirkola in the northern part of Iran, near the Caspian Sea. The Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP) is mainly concerned with geriatric medical problems, such as falling, bone fragility and fractures, cognitive impairment and dementia, poor mobility and functional dependence.

Incidence and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in Babol, North of Iran.

Purpose: To determine the incidence and risk factors for the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) among premature infants.

Methods: New born infants with gestational age < 37 weeks were studied from October 2004 to April 2008. Potential risk factors, like gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW), supplemental oxygen therapy, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis, blood transfusion, and phototherapy were assessed.

Simple excision alone versus simple excision plus mitomycin C in the treatment of pterygium.

Background: Pterygium is a common ocular disorder throughout the world. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of simple excision alone with or without topical mitomycin in the treatment of pterygium.

Patients And Methods: This study was performed in two stages.