On the International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on February 6, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message called for all people and partners to help end…
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Nearly five million commuters in New York are moving with hundreds of uninvited guests in the subway system that are too small to be seen with the naked eye.
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Traditional and Islamic medicine can develop by employing proper strategies, said deputy minister of health and medical education Mahmoud Khoda-Doost after expressing optimism about the results of…
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A massive project to collect wastewater is underway and it will collect effluents from central parts of Tehran and transfer it to the wastewater treatment center already constructed in the…
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Heart failure is the number one cause of death among the capital’s residents. Managing director of Beheshte-Zahra Cemetery in Tehran Akbar Tavakkoli said of the 45,101 deaths since the beginning…
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Minister of Health Hassan Hashemi said over 200 major health centers would be established in the coming year with an allocation of $720 million, and hoped half of it would come from private sector…
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Concurrent to the 36th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the 4th exhibition of Islamic tourism was held in Thailand, according to International Qur’an News Agency (IQNA).
The…
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Medical tourism is not limited to treatment of diseases, but should be seen in terms of disease prevention as well, said the CEO of International Healthcare Association, Seyed Hassan Tabatabaee…
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The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has selected 50 prospering cities from across the globe and analyzed which are the safest; based on how well they do in four safety-related categories, listed…
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It will become mandatory for hunters to have permits for their hunting weapons, which are different from the license required to fire the weapon, an official at the Department of Environment (DoE…
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The possibility of water contamination in some suburban areas of Tehran is strong, said Khosro Sedeghniat, head of the Environment and Safety Office at the ministry of health.
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An enactment to protect women and children in social affairs dubbed ‘’security in social interactions for women and children’’ has been drafted by the interior ministry and is ready to be sent to…
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Taxi drivers who have failed to upgrade their licenses to ‘’smart cards” will be confronted by the police.
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A genetic information database will help check criminals from committing repeated offenses, said Payam Balvayeh, deputy for medical and laboratory affairs at the Iranian Legal Medicine…
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Money continues to be the leading cause of stress for Americans, a new survey finds.
Overall, stress in the United States is at a seven-year low, and average stress levels are declining,…
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For Iranian students, the one gateway to higher education is the nationwide university entrance exam which is popularly known as ‘Konkoor’. Now for the first time after the 1979 Islamic Revolution…
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Measures are being taken to detect the level of polluting particles in different provinces of the country.
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A plan to include ‘ambulance drones’ with airborne medical kits in rescue operations is now being studied at the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) and if proved successful, it will be launched…
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The event under slogan “Explore, Protect and Promote!” and organized by MIRAS, Azeri organization in support of studying of cultural heritage, brought together representatives from Azerbaijan,…
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The secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Taleb Rifai will attend the opening ceremony of the Eighth Tehran International Tourism and Related Industries…
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The health of fruits is difficult to determine due to the lack of well-equipped laboratories. However, apples should be peeled before the fruit is eaten, “since the peel is likely to contain…
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The US FDA recently approved the Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly’s combination drug Glyxambi as a dietary supplement to improve glycemic control in adults with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) who can be…
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The plan to plant trees in an area of 1,000 hectares in southern Alborz has begun and is likely to continue until March 21. The head of the Green Space Office at Tehran Municipality Ali Mohammad…
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Yazd Province is rich and diverse in wildlife. Unfortunately the severe drought in recent years has affected the region’s fauna leading to “a constant and unequal struggle between wildlife and the…
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One in two people will develop a cancer at some point in their lives, experts now estimate.
Previous calculations that indicated cancer will affect just over one in three people were…
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