Healthcare

Joint pain is a condition associated with severe pain. It could happen when uric acid levels in the body go up.

Ginger, a plant with many medicinal properties, has been used to treat a large number of diseases and different types of pains such as joint and muscle pain since a long time ago.

“New Derm” Bedsore Ointment, an herbal medicine developed by Iranian researchers, reduces the cost of bedsore treatment to one twentieth of the average amount.

Derma Heal, an herbal ointment used for diabetic ulcer treatment, facilitates the removal of damaged textures in diabetic wounds and helps the patients save their legs by preventing the infection of such ulcers.

A pregnant Danish woman, who was being transferred to a medical centre in northern Iran, delivered her third child successfully in the ambulance before arriving at the hospital.

The “world’s heaviest woman”, a 500-kg Egyptian, has lost half her weight in the two months she’s been in India for treatment, doctors said.

Official statistics show a 34-percent growth in the number of children adopted in Tehran Province last year, thanks to the laws that facilitate baby adoption, an Iranian official declared.

The unearthing of a skull in an archaeological site known as Burnt City in southeastern Iran has changed the country’s medical history.

Iranian Health Minister Seyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi said the country is no longer dependent on the US in the pharmaceutical industry and medical equipment.

About $91 million worth of medicinal herbs, including cumin, coriander and coriander seeds, henna and damask rose, were exported in the last Iranian year (March 2015-16).

Development of traditional medicine and medicinal herbs can contribute vastly to the economics of health and medical care in the country, said advisor to health minister Dr Mahmoud Khodadoost, on Monday.

By imposing sanctions on the export of pharmaceuticals to Iran, Trump administration is trampling human rights and threatening Iranian lives, an Iranian Parliament member said.

In 1985, 30 million people in the world suffered from diabetes. The figure rose to 230 million in 2008. Currently, two people in the world develop diabetes every 10 seconds. Unhealthy diet and incorrect lifestyle have turned diabetes into a serious crisis in the world.

A four-month-old Iranian baby named Fatemeh was scheduled to visit the US for a critical procedure when she was barred from entering the country due to President Trump’s travel ban put last week. However, she was finally let in and doctors will treat him for free.

The family of a 64-year-old retired teacher gave their consent to transplant his body organs after his brain death in southwestern Iran.

Iranian researchers and scientists have put on display the world’s first ever herbal medicine to cure Alzheimer’s or stop it from progressing through alleviating its symptoms such as memory loss and confusion.

A child has been born in an Iranian hospital after 14 years of cryopreservation, the process of preserving an embryo at sub-zero temperatures.

An Iranian lawmaker slammed the country’s failure to launch a blood refinery, saying Iran should not import expensive blood-based drugs while it is capable to produce them.

The heart of Behnam Mirzakhani, a 25-year-old Iranian fireman who was brain-dead in the Plasco building collapse, have been donated to a patient.

Iranian scientists have produced a new type of medicine for treatment of cardiovascular diseases using flaxseeds.

An Iranian environmentalist says a total of 800 species of medicinal plants have been identified in Iran.

Under a vaccination program that began on January 14, 492,000 children under five years of age will be vaccinated against polio in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Balouchestan Province.

Iran’s revenues from medical tourism have seen a more than two-fold increase over the past 12 months, an Iranian official noted.

Iran and Azerbaijan will establish a joint pharmaceutical plant in a ceremony due to be held on Monday.

A knowledge-based project to produce the drugs required by haemophilic patients is underway thanks to the 3-million-dollar funds provided by Astan Quds Razavi.