Publications by authors named "Siamak Vahedi"
Background: Kurdistan province of Iran is among disaster prone areas of the country. The Primary Health Care facilities in Iran deliver health services at all levels nationwide. Resiliency and flexibility of such facilities is important when a disaster occurs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study investigated the effects of Islamic religious and breathing techniques with heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback therapies on HRV and psycho-physiologic coherence (resonance frequency), depression and anxiety in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) patients.
Methods: Sixty CABG patients were chosen and randomly assigned to religious, breathing techniques and control groups. The experimental groups received 8 weeks of treatments; a 2-h session with home works in each week.
Introduction: Heart failure, fatal arrhythmias, and cardiac dilatation because of anemia are common causes of β-thalassemia major-related deaths. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of L-carnitine on echocardiographic changes in β-thalassemia major and intermedia patients in Besat Hospital in Sanandaj, Iran.
Methods: In a randomized clinical trial, 60 β-thalassemia patients who were eligible for L-carnitine administration were randomly divided into 2 placebo and study drug groups.
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- The Iranian National Population-based Cancer Registry (INPCR) reported on cancer cases for 2014, covering 98% of the population and primarily gathering data from pathology centers and hospitals.
- A total of 112,131 new cancer cases were registered, with a higher incidence in males (53.9%), and the most common cancers included stomach, prostate, and colorectal cancers in men, while breast, colorectal, and stomach cancers were prevalent in women.
- The study concluded that Iran has a medium-risk cancer incidence, noting geographical differences in cancer types compared to global statistics, with higher rates of cancers in specific northern regions.
C1q/TNF-related protein 9 (CTRP9) is a paralogue of adiponectin with known favorable effects on lipid and glucose metabolism. A potential role of CTRP9 for regulation of endothelium function has been suggested by previous studies. However, no studies have examined the relation between serum CTRP9 levels and adhesion molecules in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and coronary artery disease (CAD).
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