Major social insurer Iran Social Security Organization (SSO) has launched electronic services which are aimed at easing citizens’ access to health insurance programs. “Having successfully tested the scheme with satisfactory results, SSO has decided to offer online services with the assistance of 10 representative offices located in the east and west of the capital,” an […]

Iranian Health Minister Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi left Tehran for Geneva to attend the 71st World Health Assembly. According to the official website of WHO, the main functions of the World Health Assembly are to determine the policies of the Organization, supervise financial policies, and review and approve the proposed programme budget. This year’s Health Assembly […]

An equipped first human cell production factory was opened in West Asia in the in the presence of First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri. Minister of Health and Medical Education Dr. Seyyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi and Sorena Sattari Vice President for Science and Technology, Hamid-Reza Tayyebi Head of Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research Activities […]

 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is organizing a two-week (19 February – 2 March 2018) special training course in Brazil for the top Iranian experts in the field of agriculture to improve the existing national knowledge on oilseed production and strengthen its capacity in the country. “This training course would enable […]

New study shows physical activity may be equally and perhaps even more important than weight for people living with severe obesity. Can you be fit and healthy even if you’re overweight? That’s the question researchers at York University’s Faculty of Health set out to answer in a new study that shows physical activity may be […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Health Minister for Education Bagher Larijani met with Hungarian minister of state for healthcare and the two vowed to expand bilateral cooperation in the field of health. Bagher Larijani, Iranian Deputy Health Minister for Education, who is in Hungary on an official visit, met on Friday with Zoltán Ónodi-Szűcs, Hungarian Minister […]

TEHRAN – Giving more opportunities to the private sector and paving the way for its participation in the health sector leads to improving quality and reducing costs of services, Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi said on Sunday. He made the remarks in a meeting in Tehran on Sunday with representatives of private companies affiliated with […]

TEHRAN — In a nutshell ‘Akhlat’ are liquid humors which are formed in the liver and gastrointestinal system subsequent to the digestion. The four humors including blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm, will provide the cells and the body organs with necessary nutrients. The liver is the body’s ‘kitchen’. The food will be processed […]

TEHRAN  – People are being urged not to ask their doctor for antibiotics as part of a new campaign aimed at tackling growing resistance to the drugs. An estimated 5,000 people die every year in England because antibiotics no longer work for some infections, according to Public Health England (PHE), which has launched the Keep […]

TEHRAN – A research team discovered that the olive-derived compound oleuropein helps prevent type 2 diabetes. The health benefits of olives — and associated natural products such as olive oil — have long been recognized and touted by proponents of the Mediterranean diet. However, little was previously known about what specific compounds and biochemical interactions […]