SDG 3:
GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

University Impact Ranking for SDG 3
U of Haifa 0/100 

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67.9
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SDG3 Highlights

School of Medicine, Medical Students, Medical Studies, University, Doctor's Coat

Learning & Students

Establishment of the New School of Medicine at the University of Haifa
Old Woman, Nursing Home, Healthcare, Sickness, Chronic Diseases, Disabilities

Research

Prof. Anna Zisberg and Prof. Efrat Shadmi won a grant of 20 million euros as part of an international research group that aims to reduce chronic diseases in the elderly
Herta and Paul Amir School of Medicine, University of Haifa, Cornerstone Ceremony

Learning & Students

The University Breaks Ground on New School of Medicine
Prof. Pavel Goldstein, Integrative Pain (iPain) Laboratory, University of Haifa

Public Engagements

New Approach to Chronic Pain fostered by Integrative Pain Laboratory at the University of Haifa
Food, Healthy, Schnitzel, Vegetables, Chicken, Pomegranate

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Food on Campus

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On ‘Efficient statistical tests to compare Youden index: Accounting for contingency correlation’

By: Reiser F.B., Nakas C.T.
Published in: Statistics in Medicine
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
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El Niño and climate change – Contributing factors in the dispersal of Zika virus in the Americas?

By: Paz S., Semenza J.C.
Published in: The Lancet
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
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Potential risks associated with traditional herbal medicine use in cancer care: A study of Middle Eastern oncology health care professionals

By: Ben-Arye E., Samuels N., Goldstein L.H., Mutafoglu K., Omran S., Schiff E., Charalambous H., Dweikat T., Ghrayeb I., Bar-Sela G., Turker I., Hassan A., Hassan E., Saad B., Nimri O., Kebudi R., Silbermann M.
Published in: Cancer
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: BACKGROUND The authors assessed the use of herbal medicine by Middle Eastern patients with cancer, as reported by their (more…)

Molecular evolution of antioxidant and hypoxia response in long-lived, cancer-resistant blind mole rats: The Nrf2-Keap1 pathway

By: Schmidt H., Hangmann J., Shams I., Avivi A., Hankeln T.
Published in: Gene
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: The Nrf2-Keap1 pathway is crucial for the cellular antioxidant and hypoxia response in vertebrates. Deciphering its modi (more…)

Not the promised land: African asylum seekers and refugees in Israel

By: Shamai M., Amir Y.
Published in: Qualitative Health Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: The phenomenon of African asylum seekers in Israel is relatively new. The purpose of the study was twofold: (a) to inves (more…)

Council of Europe: Guide on the decision-making process regarding medical treatment in end-of-life situations

By: Veshi D., Neitzke G.
Published in: Medical Law International
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: In this contribution, the “Guide on the decision-making process regarding medical treatment in end-of-life situations” p (more…)

Aging well: Observations from the women’s health initiative study

By: Woods N.F., Rillamas-Sun E., Cochrane B.B., La Croix A.Z., Seeman T.E., Tindle H.A., Zaslavsky O., Bird C.E., Johnson K.C., Manson J.E., Ockene J.K., Seguin R.A., Wallace R.B.
Published in: Journals of Gerontology – Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background. As the proportion of the population aged 80 and over accelerates, so does the value of understanding the pro (more…)

The use of focus groups as a basis for planning and implementing culturally appropriate health promotion among people with diabetes in the Arab community [Le recours à des groupes de discussion comme base de planification et de mise en oeuvre d’une promotion de la santé culturellement adaptée auprès de personnes atteintes de diabète dans la communauté arabe] [La utilización de grupos de foco como base para planificar e implementar una promoción de la salud culturalmente apropiada en personas con diabetes de la comunidad árabe]

By: Levin-Zamir D., Badarne S., Najami M., Gan Noy S., Poraz I., Shapira M., Lieberman N., Goldfracht M.
Published in: Global Health Promotion
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Objective: The main study objective was to identify perceived barriers to achieving glycemic control among the Arab popu (more…)

EPG5-related Vici syndrome: A paradigm of neurodevelopmental disorders with defective autophagy

By: Byrne S., Jansen L., U-King-im J.-M., Siddiqui A., Lidov H.G.W., Bodi I., Smith L., Mein R., Cullup T., Dionisi-Vici C., Al-Gazali L., Al-Owain M., Bruwer Z., Al Thihli K., El-Garhy R., Flanigan K.M., Manickam K., Zmuda E., Banks W., Gershoni-Baruch R., Mandel H., Dagan E., Raas-Rothschild A., Barash H., Filloux F., Creel D., Harris M., Hamosh A., Kölker S., Ebrahimi-Fakhari D., Hoffmann G.F., Manchester D., Boyer P.J., Manzur A.Y., Lourenco C.M., Pilz D.T., Kamath A., Prabhakar P., Rao V.K., Rogers R.C., Ryan M.M., Brown N.J., McLean C.A., Said E., Schara U., Stein A., Sewry C., Travan L., Wijburg F.A., Zenker M., Mohammed S., Fanto M., Gautel M., Jungbluth H.
Published in: Brain
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Vici syndrome is a progressive neurodevelopmental multisystem disorder due to recessive mutations in the key autophagy g (more…)

Consumption of herbal and dietary supplements in patients undergoing bariatric surgery: Cross-sectional prospective study

By: Attias S., Levy I., Ben-Arye E., Matter I., Sroka G., Grimberg O., Schiff E.
Published in: Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background: The use of dietary and herbal supplements (DHS) is common among the general population and among hospitalize (more…)

The genetics of Bene Israel from India reveals both substantial Jewish and Indian ancestry

By: Waldman Y.Y., Biddanda A., Davidson N.R., Billing-Ross P., Dubrovsky M., Campbell C.L., Oddoux C., Friedman E., Atzmon G., Halperin E., Ostrer H., Keinan A.
Published in: PLoS ONE
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: The Bene Israel Jewish community from West India is a unique population whose history before the 18th century remains la (more…)

Effectiveness of integrating individualized and generic complementary medicine treatments with standard care versus standard care alone for reducing preoperative anxiety

By: Attias S., Keinan Boker L., Arnon Z., Ben-Arye E., Bar’Am A., Sroka G., Matter I., Somri M., Schiff E.
Published in: Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Study Objective Preoperative anxiety is commonly reported by people undergoing surgery. A significant number of studies (more…)

The HIV care continuum among men who have sex with men in Moscow, Russia: A cross-sectional study of infection awareness and engagement in care

By: Wirtz A.L., Zelaya C.E., Latkin C., Peryshkina A., Galai N., Mogilniy V., Dzhigun P., Kostetskaya I., Mehta S.H., Beyrer C.
Published in: Sexually Transmitted Infections
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Objectives Early diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection is critical to improving clinical outcomes for HIV-infected in (more…)

The risk for developing cancer in Israeli ATM, BLM, and FANCC heterozygous mutation carriers

By: Laitman Y., Boker-Keinan L., Berkenstadt M., Liphsitz I., Weissglas-Volkov D., Ries-Levavi L., Sarouk I., Pras E., Friedman E.
Published in: Cancer Genetics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Cancer risks in heterozygous mutation carriers of the ATM, BLM, and FANCC genes are controversial. To shed light on this (more…)

Living Labs: Overview of ecological approaches for health promotion and rehabilitation

By: Korman M., Weiss P.L., Kizony R.
Published in: Disability and Rehabilitation
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Purpose: The term “Living Lab” was coined to reflect the use of sensors to monitor human behavior in real life environme (more…)

Changes in causal attributions and relationship representations: Are they specific or common mechanisms in the treatment of depression?

By: Zilcha-Mano S., Chui H., Dolev T., McCarthy K.S., Dinger U., Barber J.P.
Published in: Journal of Affective Disorders
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background The goal of the study was to examine two central theory-driven mechanisms of change, causal attributions and (more…)

Predictors of Psychotherapy Use among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Depressive Symptoms

By: Nurit G.-Y., Dana P., Yuval P.
Published in: Clinical Gerontologist
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: ABSTARCT: Objectives: The present study investigates the applicability of the behavioral model of health service use (An (more…)

Positivity ratio of flourishing individuals: Examining the moderation effects of methodological variations and chronological age

By: Shrira A., Bodner E., Palgi Y.
Published in: Journal of Positive Psychology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: We tested the relationship between flourishing and positivity ratio while accounting for different measures of affect an (more…)

Disagreement between emergency department admission diagnosis and hospital discharge diagnosis: Mortality and morbidity

By: Eames J., Eisenman A., Schuster R.J.
Published in: Diagnosis
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Previous studies have shown that changes in diagnoses from admission to discharge are associated with poorer outcomes. T (more…)

Predictors of optimal cognitive aging in 80+ women: The women’s health initiative memory study

By: Goveas J.S., Rapp S.R., Hogan P.E., Driscoll I., Tindle H.A., Smith J.C., Kesler S.R., Zaslavsky O., Rossom R.C., Ockene J.K., Yaffe K., Manson J.E., Resnick S.M., Espeland M.A.
Published in: Journals of Gerontology – Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background. Independent predictors of preserved cognitive functioning and factors associated with maintaining high prese (more…)