Treatment of cancer cost Iran 30 trillion rials (nearly $715 million) last year (March 2017-March 2018), Payam Azadeh, the scientific secretary of the third International Clinical Oncology Congress has said. Cancer rate is increasing in Iran as the population is growing older; stomach cancer and breast cancer are among most prevalent cancers in Iran and...Read More

Eye health is extremely important – if you fail to look after them you risk losing your sight. Smoking and not protecting your eyes from the sun can increase the risk of age-related macular degeneration and cataracts. Diet has been found to play a big part in maintaining eye health, in particular vitamin A. Not...Read More

Sixteen students from the Iranian southeastern Province of Hormuzgan ranked first and third in the Universal Concepts of Mental Arithmetic Systems (UCMAS) competitions held in Malaysia, an official said on Thursday. UCMAS is an after-school mental arithmetic program for children aged between 4 and 12 years age, IRNA reported. Director General of the Education Department in Hormuzgan Province...Read More

The deputy director of the Welfare Organization said the level of girls’ overall health and physical wellness has decreased by 11% over the last 15 years due to inactivity and limited space available to them. Habibollah Masoudi Farid said boys also face similar problems, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. “We have to take a...Read More