A new study finds that eating red meat isn’t associated with increased risk of cancer or heart disease. This goes against long-held scientific opinion that red meat is associated with an increased risk of certain health conditions. But experts say this doesn’t mean you can eat burgers every day, and that more research needs to […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Climate change and extreme low prices force Peruvian farmers to abandon their coffee crops, as a result, coffee could become a rare good. The damaging effects of climate change are negatively impacting coffee production, so much so that the beverage could soon become a rare luxury, Fairtrade has warned. Catherine David, […]

Irannews reports; Health officials, lawmakers and parents have been raising alarms about vaping for a couple of years, warning that products touted as healthier alternatives for smokers are instead drawing in young people with fun flavors and slick marketing — concerns the Trump administration cited this month while announcing plans to ban most flavored e-cigarettes. […]

Irannews quotes the story of climate strikes around the world told by Skynews. It comes a week after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets around the world, with demonstrations in Australia, Britain, India and the US against climate change. The “climate strikes” were inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg who gave a passionate […]

Road deaths With 181 fatalities, Fars ranked first, while Isfahan and Khorasan Razavi provinces ranked second and third in traffic-related fatalities with 140 and 131 deaths, respectively, he lamented. Ardebil (16), Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari (17), and western Tehran (17) had the lowest death tolls in road crashes happened during the summer, he stated. He went on to […]

pooliceseized narcotics in west province of the country. Soleimani said the narcotics shipment, which was hidden in a petrol tanker, comprised 3.5 tons of morphine and 5.3 tons of opium, Irannews reports ISNA’s. “Also in recent days, another shipment of 20 kilograms of heroin as well as 130 pieces of smuggled weapons were seized in […]

Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) commemorated the first ever World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) in the country under the theme “Patient safety: a global health priority”.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has dispatched volunteer teams to provide social services to the people residing in drought-stricken provinces of Sistan-Baluchestan, South Khorasan and Hormozgan, IRNA reported on Tuesday.

Emergency Medical Services Organization of Iran carries out over 3.8 million deliveries annually to provide appropriate pre-hospital care and timely transfer of patients to hospitals, Pir-Hossein Kolivand, head of Emergency Medical Services Organization has stated.

Nut allergy sufferers are at greater risk of a dangerous reaction if they have not slept well or have taken strenuous exercise, research has found.