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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SDG3 Highlights

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
Food, Healthy, Schnitzel, Vegetables, Chicken, Pomegranate

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Food on Campus
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
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
Herta and Paul Amir School of Medicine, University of Haifa, Cornerstone Ceremony

Learning & Students

The University Breaks Ground on New School of Medicine

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The connection between illness representations of Alzheimer’s disease and burnout among social workers and nurses in nursing homes and hospitals: a mixed-methods investigation

By: Shinan-Altman S., Werner P., Cohen M.
Published in: Aging and Mental Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Objective: To examine the relationship between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) illness representations and burnout among social (more…)

A novel approach to PTSD modeling in rats reveals alternating patterns of limbic activity in different types of stress reaction

By: Ritov G., Boltyansky B., Richter-Levin G.
Published in: Molecular Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Human reactions to trauma exposure are extremely diverse, with some individuals exhibiting only time-limited distress an (more…)

The immediate effect of dry needling on multifidus muscles’ function in healthy individuals

By: Dar G., Hicks G.E.
Published in: Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: BACKGROUND: Dry needling of muscles is mainly used for the management of pain in musculoskeletal disorders. Yet, the ass (more…)

Antiatherosclerotic effects of licorice extract supplementation on hypercholesterolemic patients: Decreased CIMT, reduced plasma lipid levels, and decreased blood pressure

By: Fogelman Y., Gaitini D., Carmeli E.
Published in: Food and Nutrition Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background: Ethanolic extract of licorice root has been shown to reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidation in ather (more…)

Building Concern Free of Force in the Treatment of Adult Survivors of Childhood Incest

By: Gil S.
Published in: British Journal of Psychotherapy
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Incest brutally extinguishes the instinctive concern of a parent towards his/her child, transforming the relationship in (more…)

Response to The relationship between serum uric acid levels and NAFLD

By: Zelber-Sagi S., Ben-Assuli O., Rabinowich L., Shalev V., Shibolet O., Chodick G.
Published in: Liver International
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
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Communication and integration: a qualitative analysis of perspectives among Middle Eastern oncology healthcare professionals on the integration of complementary medicine in supportive cancer care

By: Ben-Arye E., Popper-Giveon A., Samuels N., Mutafoglu K., Schiff E., Omran S., Charalambous H., Dweikat T., Ghrayeb I., Turker I., Hassan A., Hassan E., Nimri O., Kebudi R., Silbermann M.
Published in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Context and objectives: The use of complementary and traditional medicine (CTM) in Middle Eastern countries is widesprea (more…)

Maladaptive daydreaming: Evidence for an under-researched mental health disorder

By: Bigelsen J., Lehrfeld J.M., Jopp D.S., Somer E.
Published in: Consciousness and Cognition
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: This study explores the recently described phenomenon of Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD) and attempts to enhance the unders (more…)

Body shape, adiposity index, and mortality in postmenopausal women: Findings from the Women’s Health Initiative

By: Thomson C.A., Garcia D.O., Wertheim B.C., Hingle M.D., Bea J.W., Zaslavsky O., Caire-Juvera G., Rohan T., Vitolins M.Z., Thompson P.A., Lewis C.E.
Published in: Obesity
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Objective Studies evaluating the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality demonstrate a U-shaped associa (more…)

Family involvement in medical decision-making: Perceptions of nursing and psychology students

By: Itzhaki M., Hildesheimer G., Barnoy S., Katz M.
Published in: Nurse Education Today
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background: Family members often rely on health care professionals to guide and support them through the decision-making (more…)

Does artificial light-at-night exposure contribute to the worldwide obesity pandemic?

By: Rybnikova N.A., Haim A., Portnov B.A.
Published in: International Journal of Obesity
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background:Worldwide overweight and obesity rates are on the rise, with about 1 900 billion adults being defined as over (more…)

Hearing outcome of infants with Congenital cytomegalovirus and hearing impairment

By: Bilavsky E., Shahar-Nissan K., Pardo J., Attias J., Amir J.
Published in: Archives of Disease in Childhood
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background: Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the most common non-genetic cause of childhood sensorineural hearing lo (more…)

Climate change adaptation in the reorganized UK public health system: A view from local government

By: Negev M., Kovats R.S.
Published in: Public Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
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Men’s vulnerability-women’s resilience: From widowhood to late-life repartnering

By: Koren C.
Published in: International Psychogeriatrics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background: The ongoing increase in life expectancy resulting in people living longer after the death of a lifelong spou (more…)

Ultra-low-dose buprenorphine as a time-limited treatment for severe suicidal ideation: A randomized controlled trial

By: Yovell Y., Bar G., Mashiah M., Baruch Y., Briskman I., Asherov J., Lotan A., Rigbi A., Panksepp J.
Published in: American Journal of Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Objective: Suicidal ideation and behavior currently have no quick-acting pharmacological treatments that are suitable fo (more…)

A new definition of partner violence

By: Winstok Z.
Published in: Aggression and Violent Behavior
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: The purpose of this article is to propose a new theoretical definition of partner violence (PV). This definition emphasi (more…)

Expanded genetic screening panel for the Ashkenazi Jewish population

By: Baskovich B., Hiraki S., Upadhyay K., Meyer P., Carmi S., Barzilai N., Darvasi A., Ozelius L., Peter I., Cho J.H., Atzmon G., Clark L., Yu J., Lencz T., Pe’Er I., Ostrer H., Oddoux C.
Published in: Genetics in Medicine
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Purpose:Carrier screening programs that identify the presence of known mutations have been effective for reducing the in (more…)

A cross-sectional study of the association between mobility test performance and personality among older adults

By: Agmon M., Armon G.
Published in: BMC Geriatrics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background: Falls among the elderly are a major public health challenge. The Timed-Up and Go (TUG) test is commonly used (more…)

Transancestral fine-mapping of four type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci highlights potential causal regulatory mechanisms

By: Horikoshi M., Pasquali L., Wiltshire S., Huyghe J.R., Mahajan A., Asimit J.L., Ferreira T., Locke A.E., Robertson N.R., Wang X., Sim X., Fujita H., Hara K., Young R., Zhang W., Choi S., Chen H., Kaur I., Takeuchi F., Fontanillas P., Thuillier D., Yengo L., Below J.E., Tam C.H.T., Wu Y., Abecasis G., Altshuler D., Bell G.I., Blangero J., Burtt N.P., Duggirala R., Florez J.C., Hanis C.L., Seielstad M., Atzmon G., Chan J.C., Ma R.C., Froguel P., Wilson J.G., Bharadwaj D., Dupuis J., Meigs J.B., Cho Y.S., Park T., Kooner J.S., Chambers J.C., Saleheen D., Kadowaki T., Shyong Tai E., Mohlke K.L., Cox N.J., Ferrer J., Zeggini E., Kato N., Teo Y.Y., Boehnke M., McCarthy M.I., Morris A.P., T2D-GENES Consortium
Published in: Human Molecular Genetics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: To gain insight into potential regulatory mechanisms through which the effects of variants at four established type 2 di (more…)

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is not associated with a lower health perception

By: Mlynarsky L., Schlesinger D., Lotan R., Webb M., Halpern Z., Santo E., Shibolet O., Zelber-Sagi S.
Published in: World Journal of Gastroenterology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: AIM: To examine the association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and general health perception. METHODS: (more…)