Saberi Release Highlights Case of Imprisoned Iranian AIDS Doctors
On May 12, Physicians for Human Rights and a coalition of organizations from more than 16 countries will hold a Global Day of Action calling on the Iranian government to drop the charges and immediately release Kamiar and Arash Alaei. (Vocus) May 11, 2009 -- While the i...Statement of concern on detention of Drs. Kamiar and Arash Alaei by Iranian authorities
Boston, MA -- Barry R. Bloom, Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, today expressed "deep concern regarding the detention by Iranian authorities of Dr. Kamiar Alaei, a 2007 Masters of Science graduate of our School, and of his brother, Dr. Arash Alaei. The brothers are Iranian physicians wo...reThinking eHealth Webinar Announced: Hospital Marketing in the eHealth Era
...o upload and share footage with the world using social media sites. Facebook and Twitter were quickly made unavailable in the region. Coincidence? The iranian government claimed it was because the sites couldn't sustain the amount of traffic. The speed in which people receive information has also reache...Iran Blocks Access to the Chopra Center's Web Site, Podcasts, and Blogs
...ore than five million Internet sites banned by the iranian government since 2008. In the days following Iran's presidential elections, the iranian government has clamped down on Internet access, ba...tter of time until the collective conscious of the iranian people opens the hearts and minds of the current...Physicians for Human Rights and 20 Countries Demand Iran Release AIDS Doctors
...ountries on Tuesday to call for the release of two iranian physicians imprisoned since June. ...ountries on Tuesday to call for the release of two iranian physicians imprisoned since June. Physici...S specialists who were indicted in December by the iranian government on charges of communicating with an &qu...Genetic Finding May Lead to Male Contraceptive
... THURSDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- Gene mutations that cause infertility in men could point the way to a male birth control pill, American and iranian researchers say. "We have identified CATSPER1 as a gene that is involved in non-syndromic male infertility in humans, a finding which could lead to...Iran Uses AIDS Doctors' Imprisonment as First Test of Obama Administration
...ashington Post reported on Jan. 19 that an unnamed iranian senior counter-intelligence official warned the ne... (PHR). "They traveled the world to share the iranian model of HIV prevention, and to learn from other c..." PHR has learned that despite leaks from iranian officials over the weekend to the media, the docto...Large health differences between population groups in Norway
...re highest in Norwegians but lowest in Pakistanis and Sri Lankans. Mental Health Women reported more mental distress than men. Turkish and iranian women (40 percent) reported the most mental distress. The lowest scores were found among Norwegians, especially men. Among the immigrant groups, Sri L...Study Evaluates Laser Therapies for Hair Removal
...hDay News) -- Laser therapies to remove unwanted hair may be safer and more effective when used separately rather than in combination, according to an iranian study. The researchers at the Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences in Tehran compared the removal of hair on the legs of 15 people using ei...amfAR Urges Iran to Release Missing HIV/AIDS Doctors
...AIDS Research, calls the reported detention of two iranian doctors known for their pioneering work on HIV/AID...p concern today over the reported detention by the iranian government of two iranian doctors known for their pioneering work on HIV/AID...Gene discovery could lead to male contraceptive
...ations. Although the team's research with these iranian families focuses on identifying genetic causes of ...mice, the researchers found that mutations in both iranian families occurred in a single gene called CATSPER1... all. Neither mutation was found in the DNA of 576 iranian individuals who were screened as controls. Harv...In Iran, cheetahs collared for the first time
...zd Province, in the south-west area of the central iranian plateau, where they were tranquilized, and fitted ...rically cheetahs have played a significant role in iranian culture, being trained by its emperors to hunt gazelles in ancient times. iranian biologist and director of the project in Iran, Dr ...CSL Behring Expands Into Middle East Market with Haemate(R) P
...ipitate has been regarded as first-line treatment for the condition. "The iranian medical community is extremely pleased and gratified to be making preparati... to collaborate on VWD testing, detection and treatment projects to benefit iranian families impacted by VWD. About von Willebrand Disease Von Willebrand d...