A Canadian study found that exposure to a common air pollutant during pregnancy was tied to higher odds of a child being diagnosed with autism by age five. That pollutant, nitric oxide, is associated with traffic pollution, the researchers noted, according to medicalxpress.com. “There is no cure for autism spectrum disorder, so prevention has an...Read More

The same smartphone technology that can recognize a user’s face and voice can now identify breast cancer tumors, a recent study said. Researchers from the University of North Carolina used artificial intelligence machine learning to single out and classify tumors based on grade, estrogen receptor status, PAM50 intrinsic subtype, histologic subtype and risk of recurrence...Read More

 Women’s gymnastics of the Islamic nations championships is planned to be held in the Iranian southern Island of Kish on February 2019, said the head of Iran’s gymnastics federation. The event will be held to mark the 40th anniversary of the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It is the first time after 15 years...Read More

 Women hold a greater share than men of forming electronic health records (EHR), said the deputy health minister, Mohammad Shariati, here on Monday. EHR is a record of medical and health information saved electronically, Shariati said adding EHR is used in different parts of medical and health system in order to integrating the health information,...Read More

 A new website has been recently launched by Tehran province’s welfare department general with the goal of reducing divorce rate in the province. Tasmim website helps spouses facing problems and disputes, receive counseling, through social workers, psychologists, and family experts. The website addressed www.tasmim.behzisti.net, aims at leading spouses into compromise and prevent divorce before referring...Read More

 An amount of 200 billion rials (around $4.7 million) has been allocated to 6,500 breadwinner women, Soraya Shareqi, general director for women’s and family affairs department of Tehran Governorate said in a press conference here on Monday. Allocation of subsidies for female entrepreneurs applying for participation in domestic exhibitions, training more than 8,000 members of...Read More

Two Iranian female artists from the southern province of Fars have managed to win two awards from the World Crafts Council.  The acclaimed artworks were a box illuminated by a chamomile by Sara Ahmadi from Abadeh and a rug woven by Mohaddeseh Safari from Firouzabad. The awards were given during the sixth meeting of the...Read More

Golestan Province to host 12th Int’l Tribe’s Culture Festival The total number of foreign tourists arriving in Iran during the year to March 21, 2019 increased by 50 percent, said the deputy head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicraft and Tourism Organization for Tourism Affairs. Speaking in a press conference on 12th International Festival of Tribe’s...Read More

Nearly 70 percent of people suffer from a kind of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) which can be treated only by an orthodontist, said a member of the Iranian Association of Orthodontists (IAO). Kazem Dalaei told Iran Daily that 30 percent of dental and temporomandibular disorders are not serious and can be treated by general dentists, adding,...Read More

Message by UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Across the world, too many women and girls spend too many hours on household responsibilities—typically more than double the time spent by men and boys. They look after younger siblings, older family members, deal with illness in the family and manage the house. In many cases this...Read More