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Annual checkup is considered a necessity for diabetics to prevent eye disorders, the director of the eye disease research center says. Diabetics are also recommended to keep their blood sugar normal, Marzieh Katibeh told ISNA news agency in an interv...

Annual checkup is considered a necessity for diabe...

People with asthma or allergies may want to avoid air fresheners and other chemicals used to spread fragrant scents through their homes, and their doctors should be aware of the hazards. "The chemicals in some of these products can trigger the nasal ...

People with asthma or allergies may want to avoid ...

Stomach acid has long been blamed for acid reflux, heartburn and other ills. But now some experts are starting to think that the problems may lie not just in the acid coming up from the stomach but in the food going down. The idea has been getting a ...

Stomach acid has long been blamed for acid reflux,...

Diets? Who needs 'em? Not these women. Happy eaters relish food, stress less about their bodies and still stay slim. Here are 6 secrets you can steal from them. 1. Happy Eaters Go on Fewer Diets According to a survey of 4,000 women that SELF conducte...

Diets? Who needs 'em? Not these women. Happy eater...

It has three Nobel Prize winners on its board. Its chairman, P. Roy Vagelos, is a pharmaceutical industry star who ran Merck during its heyday. Its chief scientist has written frequently cited biomedical papers. Yet for all that, Regeneron Pharmaceut...

It has three Nobel Prize winners on its board. Its...

"Some of the best known brands in America have arsenic in their apple juice!" is what TV's Doctor Mehmet Oz said this past September. The research from the show sparked fierce debate, but just these few short months later, it turns out Dr. Oz was rig...

"Some of the best known brands in America have ars...

Diets rich in antioxidants from fruits, vegetables and whole grains appear to lower a woman's odds for a stroke, even if she has a prior history of heart disease, new research shows. The Swedish study, which appears Dec. 1 in the journal Stroke, invo...

Diets rich in antioxidants from fruits, vegetables...

Ever unload the dishwasher while helping with a child's homework? Ever keep one eye on soccer practice while checking your voice mail and trying to figure out what to make for dinner? That's called multitasking, and in a fast-paced world, American wo...

Ever unload the dishwasher while helping with a ch...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pediatricians are supposed to track if youngsters are putting on too many pounds — but a new study found less than a quarter of parents of overweight children recall the doctor ever saying there was a problem. Does that mean doctors...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pediatricians are supposed to tr...

Most children's cereals do not meet proposed federal guidelines for food marketed to kids, according to a report from Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit research and advocacy organization. Of 84 popular cereals, only 20 met all criteria f...

Most children's cereals do not meet proposed feder...

When compared to women who hadn't done rotating shift work, women who did one to two years of shift work had a 5 percent increase in type 2 diabetes. A study of two groups of women found that those who worked rotating night shifts were more likely to...

When compared to women who hadn't done rotating sh...

Most-stroke hemispatial neglect improved significantly after a two-week course of magnetic stimulation of the affected brain area, according to results of a small clinical trial. The degree of neglect improved by 16% after two weeks and by 23% after ...

Most-stroke hemispatial neglect improved significa...

Toys are a major part of children's fun and excitement during the holiday season, so parents and others need to make sure the toys are safe, experts say. Read all warning labels carefully before buying a toy and consider the child's age, interests an...

Toys are a major part of children's fun and excite...

Cigarette among teens is at the lowest level in decades, but marijuana use is on the rise. Just under 19 percent of high school seniors said they smoked cigarettes in the past month compared to a peak rate of 36.5 percent in the mid-1990s, results fr...

Cigarette among teens is at the lowest level in de...

Peace be upon you, O Abu’l-Hasan, `Ali son of Muhammad, O the pious guide O the bright light; and also mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you! Peace be upon you, O the sincerely attached friend of Allah! Peace be upon you, O the confidant of Allah!...

Peace be upon you, O Abu’l-Hasan, `Ali son of Muha...

Envy filled the heart of al-Mutawakkil who followed all ways to degrade Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) and belittle his position that was exalted among the public. He wanted to belittle the imam by making him go on foot before him so that people might disregard...

Envy filled the heart of al-Mutawakkil who followe...

Al-Mutawakkil was unable to bear Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) any more. It bothered him that people talked about the virtues, vast knowledge, piety, and asceticism of Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) and that the Shia believed in his imamate and believed that he was worth...

Al-Mutawakkil was unable to bear Imam al-Hadi (a.s...

Imam Abul Hasan al-Hadi (a.s.) resorted to Allah and prayed Him with this holy du’a (known as the du’a of the wronged against the unjust) which was one of the treasures of the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.); “O Allah, I and so-and-so (he meant al-Mutawakkil) are ...

Imam Abul Hasan al-Hadi (a.s.) resorted to Allah a...

Yahya bin Umar bin al-Husayn bin Zayd revolted against the Abbasid government calling for the rights of the oppressed and persecuted people and inviting to establish the rule of Allah in the earth. He was a brave knight far away from the recklessness...

Yahya bin Umar bin al-Husayn bin Zayd revolted aga...

The tyrant ordered to arrest Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) and put him in prison. After some days in prison, Saqr bin Abu Dulaf came to visit him. The chamberlain, who knew him and knew that he was a Shia, received and asked him, ‘What do you want and what for...

The tyrant ordered to arrest Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) a...

Al-Mutawakkil found it inevitable to refer to Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) in the questions he faced. He preferred his fatwas to the fatwas of all the jurisprudents of his age. Here are some of the questions that al-Mutawakkil referred to Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) ...

Al-Mutawakkil found it inevitable to refer to Imam...