Tehran Times Some 50 percent of deaths in Iran are premature, said Deputy Health Minister Reza Malekzadeh. Approximately, 375,000 deaths occur per year in the country and around half of them are premature, that is half the people die under the age of 70, said Malekzadeh in an interview with IRNA on Saturday. The number of premature deaths in ...

Tehran Times - Iranian health ministry announced highest rate of ten most common cancers in each province according to statistics of the Iranian calendar year 1394 (March 2015- March 2016), deputy health minister Reza Malekzadeh announced. The report was completed by collecting information from 77 million and 539 thousand individuals in 30 provinces ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) Deputy health minister has reported on the entry of home-made Hepatitis C drug to the countrys pharmaceutical market next week noting that it has been produced by Iranian knowledge-based companies. The Sofosbuvir drug is used to treat hepatitis C cases; previously it was imported from other countries and priced at $100 per ...

Tehran, July 4, IRNA Irans deputy health minister has claimed that cancer rate in Iran is lower than in other countries in the world. Reza Malekzadeh also labeled claims that cancer rate is increasing as untrue, the Tasnim news agency reported on Friday. Cancer is a dangerous disease and its financial cost is very high, therefore, some basic ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran holds 30 percent of scientific achievements in the Middle East, said Iranian Deputy Health Minister for Research and Technology Reza Malekzadeh. "Iran holds 30 percent of scientific achievements in the Middle East and 1.5 percent in the world," Malekzadeh said. According to the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) data in 2014,...

Shiraz, Dec 18, IRNA Deputy Health Minister Reza Malekzadeh hailed Iranian scientists and researchers for their efforts in boosting the country's status in the world. 'One third of science production in the Middle East and North Africa takes place in Iran,' Malekzadeh said on Thursday. He reiterated that Iran ranked 17th in the world in terms of ...