Publication ethics has always been a major concern of chief editors and members of editorial boards of journals. Therefore, the current study intends to investigate ethical issues in sticking to publication ethics in major medical journals in Iran. This descriptive analytical study was conducted on Iranian medical journals approved as “scient...

By Mohsen Koushan, Akbar Pejhan, Nematullah Shomoossi, Azam Shomoossi

Quality of life (QOL) in families can be affected when a child has cerebral palsy (CP). The aim of this research was to determine the effect of a child’s disability on the mother’s quality of life by comparing mothers of children with CP and mothers of normal children. Two sample groups were chosen from a total of 42 mothers to answer a...

By Samira Borzoo, Mansoureh Nickbakht, Mehrdad Jalalian

The main issue in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) represents the impossibility of the host immune response to express bactericidal function and the sterilization of lesions depends exclusively on the specific antimicrobial chemotherapy. In order to investigate the value of acute-phase inflammatory response markers in patients with newly ...

By Milan Radović, Tatjana Pejčić, Ivana Stanković, Lidija Ristić, Milan Rančić, Zorica Ćirić

The study of features of pharmacodynamics of a new analgesic is an important and urgent task of modern pharmacology. These data allow us to clarify the nosology for application of an analgesic and to create a theoretical background to optimize its use. An effect mediated by the transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily V, member 1 (TRP...

By Oleh Yadlovskyi, Tatiana Bukhtiarova, Lyudmila Bobkova, Irina Tatianshenko, Igor Monchak, Andrew Khayrulin

Emergency hormonal contraception is used to prevent unintended pregnancy postcoitally. The mechanism of action of the most frequently used hormonal preparations for emergency contraception, levonorgestrel (LNG) and ulipristal acetate (UPA), is still not fully known, but clinical trials indicate that they act by inhibiting or delaying ovulation. LNG...

By Jelena Milosavljević, Katarina Ilić, Dušanka Krajnović

Osteoporosis is a chronic disease with increasing incidence that predominantly occurs in female population. There are evidences that bisphosphonates, selective estrogen receptor modulators, denosumab, teriparatide and strontium renalate, prevent vertebral fractures while alendronate, risedronate, zoledronic acid, denosumab and strontium renalate pr...

By Ivana Tadić, Ljiljana Tasić, Nada Vujašinović Stupar, Katarina Ilić, Dejan Stevanović

Symptoms of bladder dysfunction are significant public health problem due to their prevalence, morbidity and treatment costs. Most stem from bladder control problem which is governed by the brain, yet we know little about CNS and bladder. Advances in brain imaging technology have brought new insight in how brain works in different bladder diseases ...

By Staša Tadić

Reproductive health implies that people are able to have a responsible, satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide about it. It is directly conditioned by social, cultural and behavior factors. One in every five people in the world is an adolescent, and 85% of them live in developing countr...

By Olivera Radulović, Slađana Babić, Milena Veljković, Ana Stefanović, Čedomir Šagrić, Katarina Bulatović

Chronic rhinosinusitis is a chronic inflammation of the nasal and paranasal cavities. However, the main pathophysiology of these chronic conditions is poorly described and seems to be multifactorial. In the present study, we reviewed the computed tomography (CT) scans of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis to identify a probable association betwee...

By Seyyed Abdollah Madani, Seyyed Abbas Hashemi, Amir Hosein Kianejad, Saman Heidari

In this study we investigated the effects of four emollients (cetearyl octanoate, decyl oleate, C12-15 alkyl benzoate and olive oil) incorporated at a concentration of 10% on the structural properties of the cosmetic oil/water (o/w) creams (creams K1-K4, respectively) as well as the in vivo effects of those creams on pH and hydration level of the h...

By Dragana Stojiljković, Ivana Arsic, Marija Tasić Kostov, Zoran Jovanović, Vanja Tadić, Sofija Đorđević