Iran Health News

Iranians. "Considering the fact that Iranian women are diagnosed with breast cancer at earlier ages, accurate diagnosis and treatment of the condition therefore is very critical," added Habibi. He stressed that the disease accounts for 20 percent of cancer-related deaths...

Kordan had long been struggling with multiple myeloma, the cancer of a type of white blood cells found in the bone marrow and known as plasma cells. Kordan, who had became really weak because of receiving chemotherapy agents, was hospitalized...

Previous studies had reported a shorter lifespan in patients with serious mental disorders. According to the study published in General Hospital Psychiatry , people with schizophrenia are 17 percent more likely to die of heart disease; as for those with...

Preeclampsia, a condition presented by abnormally high blood pressure, if left untreated can endanger both mother and baby by causing convulsion, heart and kidney damage, and even death. According to a study published in the British Medical Journal , preeclampsia...

Small cell lung cancer tumors, a form of lung tumor with low survival rate, cannot be treated with surgery as they spread so fast in the body. Despite their early response to chemotherapy with or without radiation, they soon become...

According to the study published in Obesity Reviews , only 35 percent of teenagers perform moderate-intensity activities, recommended to be performed for 30 minutes for five or more days per week. The study revealed that the amount of time spent...

According to the report recently released by the Iranian State Welfare Organization, after trauma, mental and cardiovascular diseases are the second leading disease in the country, affecting some 21.3 percent of the rural population and 20.9 percent of those living...