The mosquito-borne parasite that causes malaria also produces a protein that could help stop cancer, new research has found. Researchers found that the malarial protein binds to a sugar molecule…
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The Family Doctor Plan that started in remote areas will become a nationwide project, said deputy health minister Ali Akbar Sayyari.
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Iran is producing nine new nano drugs, including anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetes medicines, a first in the world.
“They have been produced on laboratory and semi-industrial scale,”…
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A German tourist has killed one of the biggest elephants seen for years in Zimbabwe, wildlife groups said on Friday, reviving the fierce debate over trophy hunting after the shooting of Cecil the…
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On Saturday, Italy announced that UNESCO has approved its proposal to have the United Nation’s famous blue helmets protect heritage locations around the world from attacks by militants.
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A proposal to prohibit face-covering veils for Arab women could prove another nail in the coffin for Swiss hoteliers already contending with an overvalued currency.
The strength of the…
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A thaw in relations and renewed British Foreign Office advice is opening up Iran for tourism for the first time since the 1970s, Chris Maxwell writes for London-based Director Magazine.
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A 70-strong group of environmentalists and tour leaders last week took it upon themselves to promote “responsible tourism” in Badab-e Soort, which was closed last month due to significant damage…
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Studies show that most young Iranian women have Vitamin D deficiency which poses great risk for osteoporosis.
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The 4th National AIDS plan is being implemented in cooperation with the UN and several international organizations, said Fardad Doroudi, director of the United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS) in…
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A new Ebola vaccine is being tested for the first time in Europe on volunteers at a Spanish hospital in Madrid and 40 health workers are being checked to see if they develop any side effects.
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Cancer is one of the main causes of death around the world, and one in every three 75-year-old person worldwide has it,” said deputy health minister Reza Malekzadeh at the recent Second…
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Three new hospitals will be established in the southwest province of Khuzestan by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2016) in cooperation with the Arvand Free Trade Zone Organization…
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In a meeting between Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi and his Afghan counterpart Abdul Razaq Vahidi, the two sides stressed the need to expand cooperation in the…
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The ‘even-odd’ traffic plan in the capital is still under implementation, said Iloosh Vaziri, managing director of Tehran Traffic Control Company (TTCC). Denying reports that “surveillance cameras…
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A food fight is shaping up in Washington over what the federal government should -- and shouldn’t -- be telling Americans about their diets.
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The government lacks the financial resources to effectively battle the crippling dust storms that have dogged more than two-thirds of Iran, according to the head of the Department of Environment’s…
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About 48,000 hectares of afforested lands will be ceded to local communities, according to a senior official of the Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization. Speaking to IRNA, Fariborz…
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The European Union must seize the first opportunity since the Volkswagen scandal to tighten air pollution limits, say campaigners.
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The rising number of whiteflies in the Iranian capital has initiated a war of words between two top Tehran officials.
Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said earlier this month the…
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A document that lays down the strategy for development and growth of vulnerable children is ready to be unveiled.
On the eve of the First National Conference on Comprehensive Growth of…
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The International Day of Rural Women is an opportunity to amplify their voices and experiences from around the globe, said United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the…
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The nation has come a long way since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in the development of its health system, including the pharmaceutical sector, said Rasoul Dinarvand, head of the Food and Drug…
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Waitresses and nursing aides run a higher risk of stroke than janitors or teachers, according to research published in the journal Neurology.
Previous research over the last two…
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Nearly 100,000 beds will be provided to hospitals across the country by the end of the next Iranian year (March 20, 2017) said Amir Saki, director general of the Office for Physical Resources and…
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