Iran is a disaster-prone country and on average, 2,900 individuals lose their lives in natural disasters per year, said Ali Ardalan, director general of the Health Ministry’s Office to Control…
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The key to the survival of the world's threatened coral reefs may lie in waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say.
Following heavy rainfall in West Azarbaijan Province over the past several days, some 80 million cubic meters of water have flowed into Urmia Lake.
According to Kamran Daneshjou, director…
New data released on April 14 shows March 2017 was the second-warmest in 137 years of modern record-keeping, behind March of last year.
The global average surface temperature was 1.12…
A scheme should be set up to allow diesel car owners to trade in old models for cash, the chairman of an influential House of Commons committee said.
MP Neil Parish is expected to suggest…
A cypress tree believed to be over 800 years old in Darbid Village in Yazd Province has been finally inscribed on the National Heritage List. Sasha Riahi Moqaddam, a deputy at the provincial…
The fourth ‘Healthy Breakfast for All People’ was held on Saturday at Pardisan Park (District 2 of Tehran Municipality) and participants were served healthy breakfast options including cheese,…
The Health Ministry’s Health Tourism Council has authorized 45 more hospitals in the country to admit international patients in one or more wards, taking the number of accredited hospitals for…
New research suggests that low-fat dairy may benefit mental health, too.
In a study of more than 1,000 adults from Japan, researchers found that those who consumed a higher amount of low-…
A national plan to screen Iranians for three commonly prevalent cancers and risk factors associated with heart attack will take off soon across the provinces, with a call to the targeted…
The third regional congress of the Iranian Orthopedic Association will be held April 26-28 at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, said Dr. Ali Endalib, scientific secretary of the congress.
Nearly 50% of Iranians chose to participate in the online version of the country’s national census in 2016, thus reducing by 35,000 the number of personnel for census work. Precisely 48.4% of…
By Sunday morning, the death toll in the flash floods and torrential rains in the western parts of the country rose to 40, with five people missing. Some 32 towns and villages in provinces of East…
Annually, over 18 million people die worldwide due to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), accounting for 31% of all deaths, said Dr. Nasser Almasi, head of the cardiovascular biomarkers section of the…
Potential hazards to consumers from contamination of food with pesticide residues, is currently a major public concern the world over.
At least 33 people have lost their lives and 20 others were reported missing on Saturday after flash floods and torrential rains caused rivers to overflow in the western parts of the country since…
Infertility treatment is expensive costing $28,500 for each session but the chances of pregnancy is only 15%; therefore insurance support alone cannot help resolve the infertility problem, said…
Over 650,000 local philanthropists and 1,000 Iranian benefactors living abroad are contributing to construction of school buildings in deprived areas, said Mohammad Reza Hafezi, director of…
More than 2.5 million family health promoters were trained on self-care under the ‘Health Ambassador’ scheme in the past year that ended on March 20. With this, more than 10% of Iranian families…
Spine surgeons are noticing an increase in patients with neck and upper back pain, likely related to poor posture during prolonged smartphone use, according to a recent report.
Some,…
The 8th festival to promote a culture of healthy lifestyle organized by the Health Ministry began on Friday and will run through April 21.
More than 12,000 people in the country suffer from hemophilia, a condition which impairs the body’s ability to make blood clots, a process needed to stop bleeding, said Ahmad Qavidel,…
The birth of a Persian fallow deer fawn in early April in Fars Province's Miankotal Enclosure is the first for the new Iranian year (started March 21).
The enclosure is located in Arzhan…
While most regions in Iran have been experiencing an unusually cold spring season, the mercury in Ahvaz registered a sweltering 43°C on Friday for the second day in a row.
Power consumption…
A sanctuary for the threatened mugger crocodile was launched on Friday in Chabahar, Sistan-Baluchestan Province.
According to IRIB News, mugger crocs whose natural habitat is struck by…
