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Burnout among psychosocial oncologists in Israel: The direct and indirect effects of job demands and job resources

By: Shinan-Altman S., Cohen M., Rasmussen V., Turnell A., Butow P.
Published in: Palliative and Supportive Care
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Objective Psychosocial oncologists may be particularly vulnerable to burnout. This study aimed to assess burnout among I (more…)

RGS7 is recurrently mutated in melanoma and promotes migration and invasion of human cancer cells

By: Qutob N., Masuho I., Alon M., Emmanuel R., Cohen I., Di Pizio A., Madore J., Elkahloun A., Ziv T., Levy R., Gartner J.J., Hill V.K., Lin J.C., Hevroni Y., Greenberg P., Brodezki A., Rosenberg S.A., Kosloff M., Hayward N.K., Admon A., Niv M.Y., Scolyer R.A., Martemyanov K.A., Samuels Y.
Published in: Scientific Reports
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Analysis of 501 melanoma exomes revealed RGS7, which encodes a GTPase-accelerating protein (GAP), to be a tumor-suppress (more…)

Postprandial glycemic control during gestational diabetes pregnancy predicts the risk of recurrence

By: Schwartz N., Green M.S., Yefet E., Nachum Z.
Published in: Scientific Reports
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: In this study we aimed to explore the significance of glycemic control during gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) pregna (more…)

Negative Illness Perceptions are Associated with a Pronociceptive Modulation Profile and Augmented Pelvic Pain

By: Grinberg K., Granot M., Lowenstein L., Abramov L., Weissman-Fogel I.
Published in: Clinical Journal of Pain
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Objectives: A patient’s personal interpretations of a health threat or “illness perceptions” (IPs) are associated with t (more…)

The impact of Sharav weather conditions on airborne pollen in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv (Israel)

By: Helfman-Hertzog I., Kutiel H., Levetin E., Galán C., Hefer T.
Published in: Aerobiologia
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Pollen grains have been a major focus of research mostly in temperate regions due to their effects on human health, espe (more…)

Psychiatric symptoms and related dysfunction in a general population sample

By: Smith L., Reichenberg A., Rabinowitz J., Levine S.Z., Velthorst E.
Published in: Schizophrenia Research: Cognition
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: Along with the key clinical features of major psychiatric disorders such as psychosis, mania, and depression (more…)

Advantages of home visits in family medicine

By: Kannai R., Alon A.
Published in: Patient Education and Counseling
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
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Association between sensory modulation and daily activity function of children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and children with typical development

By: Mimouni-Bloch A., Offek H., Rosenblum S., Posener I., Silman Z., Engel-Yeger B.
Published in: Research in Developmental Disabilities
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: The severity of the functional difficulties of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (more…)

Cancer epidemiology fieldwork in a resource-limited setting: Experience from the western Kenya ESCCAPE esophageal cancer case-control pilot study

By: Menya D., Oduor M., Kigen N., Maina S.K., Some F., Kibosia C., Chumba D., Murgor F.A., Carel R.S., Middleton D.R.S., Abebi-Ardekani B., Schüz J., McCormack V.A.
Published in: Cancer Epidemiology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: Case-control studies remain an important study design for aetiologic research on cancer, particularly when c (more…)

Pathogenic variants in glutamyl-tRNAGln amidotransferase subunits cause a lethal mitochondrial cardiomyopathy disorder

By: Friederich M.W., Timal S., Powell C.A., Dallabona C., Kurolap A., Palacios-Zambrano S., Bratkovic D., Derks T.G.J., Bick D., Bouman K., Chatfield K.C., Damouny-Naoum N., Dishop M.K., Falik-Zaccai T.C., Fares F., Fedida A., Ferrero I., Gallagher R.C., Garesse R., Gilberti M., González C., Gowan K., Habib C., Halligan R.K., Kalfon L., Knight K., Lefeber D., Mamblona L., Mandel H., Mory A., Ottoson J., Paperna T., Pruijn G.J.M., Rebelo-Guiomar P.F., Saada A., Sainz B., Jr., Salvemini H., Schoots M.H., Smeitink J.A., Szukszto M.J., ter Horst H.J., van den Brandt F., van Spronsen F.J., Veltman J.A., Wartchow E., Wintjes L.T., Zohar Y., Fernández-Moreno M.A., Baris H.N., Donnini C., Minczuk M., Rodenburg R.J., Van Hove J.L.K.
Published in: Nature Communications
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Mitochondrial protein synthesis requires charging mt-tRNAs with their cognate amino acids by mitochondrial aminoacyl-tRN (more…)

On the edge: The association between extreme values of proportional felt-age and functioning

By: Palgi Y., Ayalon L., Avidor S., Segel-Karpas D., Bodner E.
Published in: Psychiatry Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: The present study examined whether endorsing a felt-age that is extremely divergent from one’s actual age (whether older (more…)

A historical cohort study on glycemic-control and cancer-risk among patients with diabetes

By: Dankner R., Boker L.K., Boffetta P., Balicer R.D., Murad H., Berlin A., Olmer L., Agai N., Freedman L.S.
Published in: Cancer Epidemiology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Aims: This population-based historical cohort study examined whether poor glycemic-control (i.e., high glucose and HbA1c (more…)

Risk of second primary neoplasm and mortality in childhood cancer survivors based on a national registry database

By: Hayek S., Dichtiar R., Shohat T., Silverman B., Ifrah A., Boker L.K.
Published in: Cancer Epidemiology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Objective: Although overall childhood cancer survival has improved, survivors may still have an elevated risk for second (more…)

Barriers to hospital admission among people with eating disorders: A qualitative internet-based study

By: Elran-Barak R., Barak A., Cohen-Ashkenazi S., Schifter T.
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: We seek to describe the barriers that people with eating disorders (EDs) face when undertaking a decision about whether (more…)

Association of Autism Spectrum Disorder with Prenatal Exposure to Medication Affecting Neurotransmitter Systems

By: Janecka M., Kodesh A., Levine S.Z., Lusskin S.I., Viktorin A., Rahman R., Buxbaum J.D., Schlessinger A., Sandin S., Reichenberg A.
Published in: JAMA Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Importance: Prenatal exposure to certain medications has been hypothesized to influence the risk of autism spectrum diso (more…)

Comment on “Oral diabetes medications other than dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors are not associated with bullous pemphigoid: A Finnish nationwide case control study”

By: Kridin K.
Published in: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
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Texture-modified foods and thickened fluids used in dysphagia: Israeli standardised terminology and definitions

By: Icht M., Bergerzon-Bitton O., Kachal J., Goldsmith R., Herzberg O., Endevelt R.
Published in: Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: Texture-modified foods and thickened fluids are used as a strategy that aims to compensate for dysphagia and (more…)

Enhancing resiliency and promoting prosocial behavior among Tanzanian primary-school students: A school-based intervention

By: Berger R., Benatov J., Cuadros R., VanNattan J., Gelkopf M.
Published in: Transcultural Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Children in Sub-Saharan Africa are living under chronic adversity due to poverty, serious health issues, physical and se (more…)

Efficacy of Compression Gloves in the Rehabilitation of Distal Radius Fractures: Randomized Controlled Study

By: Miller-Shahabar I., Schreuer N., Katsevman H., Bernfeld B., Cons A., Raisman Y., Milman U.
Published in: American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Objective The aim of this study was to examine the outcomes of wearing made-to-measure compression gloves after distal r (more…)

Health literacy in context

By: Nutbeam D., Levin-Zamir D., Rowlands G.
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
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