Background: Self-medication is one of the main health problems. Given the high prevalence of self-medicationin society and between students, the aim of this study was to assess the rate of self-medication among Ardabil medical students.Methods: This cross–sectional study has been done on 150 students which selected randomly from Ardabil Medical University Science students. Data collected by a questionnaire and then analyzed by statistical method in SPSS.19.Results: The rate of self-medication among students was 65%. Most of usage drug was sedatives with 77.1%. 7.2% of students were prepared drugs from places other than pharmacies and most of self-medication was the existence of drug free market with 71%.Conclusions: Given the high prevalence of self-medication among students it is necessary to promote a culture of drug use among students, education in the field of self-medication and its side effects are given to students.

PurposeTo report a case of Wolfram syndrome (WS) characterized by diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, progressive optic atrophy, and deafness.Case reportA 19-year-old female patient, a known case of diabetes mellitus type I from six years before, presented with progressive vision loss since four years earlier. On fundoscopic examination, she had bilateral optic atrophy without diabetic retinopathy. The patient also had diabetes insipidus, neurosensory deafness, and neurogenic bladder.ConclusionWS should be considered a differential diagnosis in patients with diabetes mellitus who present with optic atrophy, and it is necessary to perform a hearing test as well as collecting 24-h urine output.

INTRODUCTIONRelation is said to the interaction between human which have done to estimate a specific purpose and establish a proper relationship that can be very important in people's lives. In studies of medical sciences, communicating takes place with specific purposes, such as teaching the patients, collecting clinical evaluation and assessment of possible treatment. Having CS between people is very important. Communication skills (CS) means listening and speaking relation between two persons and its feedback is very important in the medicine. The level of communication and interaction with patients, has main role in the rising the patient satisfaction, evaluation result of treatment and decreasing medical costs. In a total classification the CS levels divided in three classes such as conceptual, content and process which the first two of them have interpersonal aspects but the third has used in educational programming. [1][2][3][4] The type of interaction with patients, ability to have effective dialogue and identify their problem is one of the effective cases in raising the patient's satisfaction. 5In Molaei and et al study by using Quinn skills test, results showed that 77.7% of boys and 61.9% of girls have CS in moderate level.6 In a study done by Mahmaoudi and et al about CS between nursing and midwifery students, the CS level in midwifery students was more than nursing students and the total level of CS among students was in moderate level. 7 In a study done by Salimi and et al, results showed that the CS level in ABSTRACT Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the level of communication skills (verbal, listening, feedback) among Ardabil Azad university medical students and related factors. Methods: In this descriptive-cross sectional study, 150 medical university students selected randomly from September 2014 to September 2015. The necessary data collected by a standardized questionnaire named Interpersonal communication skills test containing 34 items having five points scale and its score ranged 34-170. Data were analyzed by descriptive and analytical statistical methods in SPSS.16. Results: 71.3% of participants were female. The mean score of student's communication skills (CS) level was 100.8±13.6 and in girls was 110.1±13.7 and in boys was 102.5±13.1 which hasn't significant differences between two genders in CS scores. There wasn't significant relation between CS in students with age, student's grade, residence place, term and participated in the CS workshop. Conclusions: Results showed that level of CS in students was in moderate level which doing interventional studies in future for raising their CS level is necessary.

Background: Overweight and obesity and its problems are the most important health and nutrition issues of adolescents in developed countries. This study aimed to determine prevalence of overweight and obesity among high school girls in Ardabil.Methods: As a cross sectional study height, weight, waist circumference and hip circumference were measured. BMI and WHR were used to assess the overweight and obesity. Data analysed by statistical methods in SPSS.19.Results: The mean age of students was 16.6±1.1 years.  0.25 of students were in age 16.  According to BMI, 8.8% of all students have overweight. According to the WHR, 72 (35.1%) had WHR >0.8 which were in unhealthy high risk group.Conclusions: Results showed that the rate of overweight and obesity in high school girls in Ardabil was lower than many studies in country. So, programming for rising their knowledge about obesity related factors and increasing their physical activity and modify feeding behaviour is essential.