Diabetes
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Diabetes affects over 14% of Iran's population
Tehran, IRNA — Deputy Health Minister at Iran's Health Ministry, Dr. Alireza Raeisi has said that diabetes has affected over 14% of Iran's population.
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Photo: Mohammad Mahdi Pourarab
Iran unveils home-made plasma therapy machine
In a trip to the northern Iranian province of Alborz, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami opened the first diabetes care and plasma therapy center in the province on January 1, 2024. Eslami also delivered a speech at a conference on plasma therapy which was organized by Alborz University of Medical Sciences and unveiled Iran’s first home-made plasma therapy machine which is used to treat chronic cancer patients. Plasma therapy is a successful method for treating chronic wounds and cancer that has significantly lower side effects compared to conventional treatments. The method has an anti-microbial effect which enables the wounds to heal faster. That reduces patient referrals to treatment centers and helps reduce the costs.
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Photo: Hasan Shirvani
National health survey
Doctors of Iran University of Medical Sciences screened residents of the region for high blood pressure and diabetes in the 'National Health Survey' by visiting the cities of Tehran province by bus and the villages of "Akhtar Abad" and "Mohammad Abad Qomshlo". The meaning of "probability of diabetes" is blood sugar of 126 and above, and the meaning of "probability of high blood pressure" is the number of 140 over 90 mm of mercury (14 over 9).