Drug seizures by the Law Enforcement Forces increased by 11% last year (ended in March), as compared with the previous year, said Parviz Afshar, deputy head of the Iranian Drug Control…
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At present, 13% of the country’s total health budget is spent on diabetes treatment, said Farzad Peiravian, a senior official of the Food and Drug administration (FDA), on the sidelines of the ‘…
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The National Conference on Education was held Saturday at Tehran’s Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University (SRTTU). The annual event proposes ways to help reform the labor laws and job market…
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Chinese conglomerate Wanda on Saturday opened its first theme park, with its billionaire boss declaring war on Disney weeks before the American entertainment giant launches a similar attraction in…
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The National Botanical Garden of Iran (Bagh-Giahshenaasi) in Tehran, has the finest collection of plants from different provinces on an area of 4,000 square meters, said Adel Jalili, its director…
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The amount of money spent annually on seeking treatment for tobacco-related maladies is twice the amount spent on tobacco products, said Mohammad Esmaeil Afshar, member on the board of directors…
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Over 13 tons of illicit drugs were seized in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan over the April 19-May 20 period, provincial police chief Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi said on…
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All healthcare providers including staff at health houses, health social workers, doctors, and specialists will undergo short-term training courses on the potentials and techniques of traditional…
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Officials at Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano) called for implementation of joint projects with researchers at Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology. An Italian delegation…
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A group of 40 Iranian physicians, nurses, and social activists living and studying abroad has recently launched an educational website (under a project named Ctrl+S) which provides information to…
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Across the world—particularly in developing countries—women and girls are disproportionately affected by disease. Two and a half times as many adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa are infected…
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The Public Places Supervision Office (Amaken-e-Omoomi) affiliated to the Law Enforcement Forces has announced that single women and girls above the legal age can stay in all hotels across the…
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Prenatal exposure to harmful air-borne pollutants can likely increase the risk of stillbirth during the pregnancy’s third trimester, finds a new study based on ‘suggestive evidence.’
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The Department of Environment has thrown out a plan to construct a dam on the Shabliz River after reviewing the project’s impact assessment. Citing “limited water resources” in the river’s…
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Norway is a leader in funding forest conservation around the world, and has also taken a stand for the human rights of forest communities. But now the country has announced that it will walk the…
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A resolution proposed by Iran and backed by Pakistan and Iraq that aims to enlist the aid of Middle East countries to tackle dust storms in the region was approved at the second UN Environment…
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The biggest sponge in the world has been discovered in the deep sea off the north-western Hawaiian Islands. The enormous specimen measures 12ftx7ft (over 3.5m by 2m) – about the same size as a…
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An epidemic of yellow fever, first reported in January, has been spreading rapidly in Angola. As of last month, the country had 2,023 suspected yellow fever cases and 258 deaths.
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In a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Bogeon Bokji Bu, Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi called for the establishment of joint taskforces to kick start the agenda as per the MoUs…
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Iranian and Russian academic teams can assist each other in boosting research and technology through joint programs, said Nikolay Grachev, deputy head of the Russian Department for Science and…
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Ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro Brazil from Aug 5-21, the Health Ministry has reassured that there is no risk of Zika in Iran. “Iran does not have the species of the…
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The preliminary technical production phase of an Iranian medical linear machine is over and in the quality assurance stage before its final approval by the Ministry of Science, Research and…
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Tuesday's earthquake measuring 4.8 degrees on the Richter scale and its aftershocks over the following days damaged several residential units in North Khorasan Province. Hussein Azimi, general…
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Iran's per capita consumption of pharmaceuticals is among the highest (ranks 20th) in the world and it is the second largest consumer of medical products in Asia, according to official data.
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In the first analysis of its kind, researchers found that unemployment and reduced public sector healthcare spending in the 2008-2010 global economic crisis was linked to an increase in cancer…
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