There are only 500 physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) specialists in Iran, said Dr Mohammad Ayyazi, deputy health minister for social affairs.
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Noise pollution is a contributing factor to partial hearing loss, said Dr. Majid Haddadi-Avval, audiologist and faculty member of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. “Exposure to some common…
Empowering the disabled population is a priority for the Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives, and Social Welfare, said Minister Ali Rabiei on Wednesday.
Around 50,000 people lost their lives in road accidents over the last three years in the country.
“While the number has dropped by 38% over the past decade (from 27,000 deaths in 2005 to 16…
Free eye surgeries for 15 poor people were performed by Health Minister Dr Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi during his visit to Dehloran County, in northwest Ilam Province, on Thursday.
The…
For patients with cancer-related fatigue, exercise is likely to be last on the list of appealing activities. According to a new study, however, physical activity is the best way to combat this…
Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has asked inbound travel agencies to prepare reports on any losses caused by recent changes in the United States' visa and travel…
US citizens should be refused visa-free access to the EU in response to American visa rules affecting citizens from five EU countries, the European Parliament has said.
Citizens of Bulgaria…
Hawaiian Airlines says it has become the first US airline to join an international research project on climate change and air quality. The airline said earlier this week technicians recently…
With the approach of the Iranian New Year (begins March 21), the country's domestic travel market is facing a price bubble despite tourism authorities' efforts to keep the cost of travel down.
Based on the World Health Organization’s calculations, anxiety and depression are on the rise globally, said Ali Ahmad Nourbala, advisor to health minister and secretary of the upcoming 7th Annual…
All state hospitals have been instructed by the Health Ministry to admit child workers and their families free of charge for treatment.
The directive is part of the ministry’s efforts “to…
New antibiotics must be developed urgently to fight a dozen dangerous families of bacteria, the World Health Organization said on Monday, describing these “priority pathogens” as the greatest…
The levels of general health and happiness are higher in regular blood donors, shows the findings of a study conducted recently by Tehran’s Blood Transfusion Organization
Researchers…
In efforts to increase global cooperation against illicit drugs, a two-day international conference on Cooperation Against Illicit Drugs and Related Organized Crime, was held in Tehran.
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Chinese disease control experts have warned the public to stay alert against the H7N9 avian flu, saying that more than 340 cases of human infection have been reported since last October.
There are 30 air emergency stations across the country, said Dr Pirhossein Kolivand, head of Iran’s Emergency Medical Services. “Traffic congestion and drivers’ poor cooperation reduces the speed…
Around 1,668 cases in the first ten months of the current year (ends March 20) were registered at the Tehran Province’s Central Forensic Medicine seeking permission for therapeutic abortion.…
For many parents of young children, sleep deprivation is likely a regular occurrence. But according to new research, mothers fare worse than fathers.
From an analysis of more than 5,800…
The National Atlas on Common Diseases was unveiled on Saturday by President Hassan Rouhani in the presence of ministers and health officials at the First National Health Assembly in Tehran.
The rapid growth of informal settlements in fringe areas of the bigger Iranian cities and sharp increase in the number of people living in unofficial settlements has prompted the authorities to…
The Iran Drug Control Headquarters will launch operations to round up homeless addicts and drug traders from the streets in 12 provinces for three months starting March 10.
Street vending on the last weekend of the year has been banned on certain streets and road junctions in Tehran which see heavy traffic during the day.
The success of each medical treatment depends highly upon the genetic structure of the patient, said Seyyed Masoud Houshmand, scientific secretary of the first International Iran Congress of…
The biggest state-run educational hospital in the western part of the country opened in Sanandaj, capital city of Kordestan Province on Monday in the presence of Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh…
