SDG 3: GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING – Sustainable Development Goals

Dormant tumor cells expressing LOXL2 acquire a stem-like phenotype mediating their transition to proliferative growth

By: Weidenfeld K., Schif-Zuck S., Abu-Tayeh H., Kang K., Kessler O., Weissmann M., Neufeld G., Barkan D.
Published in: Oncotarget
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Natural Sciences | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Recurrence of breast cancer disease years after treatment appears to arise from disseminated dormant tumor cells (DTC). (more…)

Retrospective study of the associations between hepatitis C virus infection and metabolic factors

By: Yair-Sabag S., Nussinson E., Ben-Assuli O., Shibli F., Shahbari A., Zelber-Sagi S.
Published in: World Journal of Hepatology
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: AIM To evaluate the bidirectional association between metabolic syndrome (MS) components and antiviral treatment respons (more…)

Climate change projections of West Nile virus infections in Europe: Implications for blood safety practices

By: Semenza J.C., Tran A., Espinosa L., Sudre B., Domanovic D., Paz S.
Published in: Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Sciences | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Background: West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted by mosquitoes in both urban as well as in rural environments and can be (more…)

Muscle function and fat content in relation to sarcopenia, obesity and frailty of old age — An overview

By: Buch A., Carmeli E., Boker L.K., Marcus Y., Shefer G., Kis O., Berner Y., Stern N.
Published in: Experimental Gerontology
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Background and aim In western countries, the proportion of people over age 60 is increasing faster than any other group. (more…)

Posttraumatic growth in psychosis

By: Mazor Y., Gelkopf M., Mueser K.T., Roe D.
Published in: Frontiers in Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Objective: Recent research has shown high rates of exposure to trauma among people with serious mental illness (SMI). In (more…)

Integrating occupational therapy in treating combat stress reaction within a military unit: An intervention model

By: Gindi S., Galili G., Volovic-Shushan S., Adir-Pavis S.
Published in: Work
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Combat stress reaction (CR) is a syndrome with a wide range of symptoms including changes in soldiers’ behaviors, emotio (more…)

Anti-inflammation properties of fruiting bodies and submerged cultured mycelia of culinary-medicinal higher basidiomycetes mushrooms

By: Chien R.-C., Lin L.-M., Chang Y.-H., Lin Y.-C., Wu P.-H., Asatiani M.D., Wasser S.G., Krakhmalnyi M., Agbarya A., Wasser S.P., Mau J.-L.
Published in: International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: This research shows the phenolic composition and anti-inflammation properties of fruiting bodies and mycelia of 15 strai (more…)

Being called to safety: Occupational callings and safety climate in the emergency medical services

By: Andel S.A., Pindek S., Spector P.E.
Published in: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of safety climate in the Emergency Medical Services ( (more…)

Comorbidity of post-traumatic stress symptoms and depressive symptoms among obstetric nurses with perinatal death exposure

By: Hamama-Raz Y., Walker R., Palgi Y., Mashiach R., Lee-Ovadia K., Manny A., Ben-Ezra M.
Published in: Israel Journal of Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Background: Mental health and well-being among obstetric nurses after perinatal death is understudied. The primary goal (more…)

Interplay between clinical guidelines and organizational workflow systems: Experience from the mobiguide project

By: Shabo Shvo A., Peleg M., Parimbelli E., Quaglini S., Napolitano C.
Published in: Methods of Information in Medicine
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Sciences | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Background: Implementing a decision-support system within a healthcare organization requires integration of clinical dom (more…)

Digital Recording and Documentation of Endoscopic Procedures: Do Patients and Doctors Think Alike?

By: Willner N., Peled-Raz M., Shteinberg D., Shteinberg M., Keren D., Rainis T.
Published in: Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Aims and Methods. Conducting a survey study of a large number of patients and gastroenterologists aimed at identifying r (more…)

The emerging role of social media in the recruitment of foreign fighters

By: Weimann G.
Published in: Foreign Fighters under International Law and Beyond
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Without recruitment terrorism can not prevail, survive and develop. Recruitment provides the killers, the suicide bomber (more…)

The notion of privacy in Islamic medical ethics

By: Rispler-Chaim V.
Published in: Medicine and Law
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Present-day Muslim medical ethicists, like medieval Muslim jurists, evince great concern for the notion of privacy and c (more…)

Training arab practitioners in culturally sensitive mental health community interventions

By: Khatib A., Roe D., Yerushalmi H.
Published in: Israel Journal of Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: The present paper describes an innovative initiative aimed to facilitate Arab MA students to develop integrated cultural (more…)

Using multitouch collaboration technology to enhance social interaction of children with high-functioning autism

By: Gal E., Lamash L., Bauminger-Zviely N., Zancanaro M., Weiss P.L.
Published in: Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Aims. Children with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (HFASD) have major difficulties in social communication sk (more…)

Bio-psycho-social contributions to understanding eating disorders

By: Latzer Y., Stein D.
Published in: Bio-Psycho-Social Contributions to Understanding Eating Disorders
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: This book uniquely combines cutting-edge medical, psychological, and sociocultural topics pertinent to eating disorders. (more…)

Prevention of Conversion of Tumor Dormancy into Proliferative Metastases

By: Barkan D., Chambers A.F.
Published in: Current Cancer Research
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Natural Sciences | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Late recurrences of cancer are believed to be due to dormant disease that can persist for long periods following apparen (more…)

Attachment

By: Shahar-Maharik T., Oppenheim D.
Published in: Encyclopedia of Mental Health: Second Edition
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Sciences | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: This article provides an overview of attachment theory, which focuses on the emotional bond tying a child to his or her (more…)

Intelligence and Mental Health

By: Zeidner M., Matthews G.
Published in: Encyclopedia of Mental Health: Second Edition
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Intelligence, as measured by psychometric tests of cognitive ability, correlates modestly with superior adaptation and e (more…)

How personality affects vulnerability among Israelis and Palestinians following the 2009 Gaza conflict

By: Canetti D., Kimhi S., Hanoun R., Rocha G.A., Galea S., Morgan C.A., III
Published in: PLoS ONE
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Sciences | Time: 2016 | Link
Description: Can the onset of PTSD symptoms and depression be predicted by personality factors and thought control strategies? A logi (more…)

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