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Measuring dynamic leg length during normal gait

By: Khamis S., Springer S., Ovadia D., Krimus S., Carmeli E.
Published in: Sensors (Switzerland)
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Dynamic leg length [DLL] is a resultant factor of anatomic leg length and lower limb movement that is measured by the di (more…)

Correcting misinformation by health organizations during measles outbreaks: A controlled experiment

By: Gesser-Edelsburg A., Diamant A., Hijazi R., Mesch G.S.
Published in: PLoS ONE
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background During epidemic crises, some of the information the public receives on social media is misinformation. Health (more…)

Prenatal stress and child development: A scoping review of research in low- and middle-income countries

By: Buffa G., Dahan S., Sinclair I., St-Pierre M., Roofigari N., Mutran D., Rondeau J.-J., Dancause K.N.
Published in: PLoS ONE
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Introduction Past research has shown relationships between stress during pregnancy, and related psychosocial health meas (more…)

Grip strength and quality of life in the second half of life: hope as a moderator

By: Gum A.M., Segal-Karpas D., Avidor S., Ayalon L., Bodner E., Palgi Y.
Published in: Aging and Mental Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to investigate grip strength, hope, and their interaction as predictors (more…)

Cochlear implantation outcome in straightforward cases: can we do more for adults who cannot understand speech using hearing aids alone?

By: Luntz M., Khuri M., Khayr R., Gedaon Khuri W., Yehudai N., Shpak T.
Published in: Acta Oto-Laryngologica
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: Many adults with moderate–profound hearing loss whose speech recognition has deteriorated and are no longer (more…)

The relationship between health related quality of life and sensory deficits among patients with diabetes mellitus

By: Engel-Yeger B., Darawsha Najjar S., Darawsha M.
Published in: Disability and Rehabilitation
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Purpose: (1) To profile sensory deficits examined in the ability to process sensory information from daily environment a (more…)

Exploring family stigma among caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease: The experiences of Israeli-Arab caregivers

By: Abojabel H., Werner P.
Published in: Dementia
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Providing care to persons with Alzheimer’s disease poses challenges for spouses and adult children, including experienci (more…)

Relational focal therapy: an integrative psychodynamic approach

By: Yerushalmi H.
Published in: Journal of Social Work Practice
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Few models have proposed specific strategies that implement psychodynamic theoretical–clinical concepts in treatments st (more…)

Complementary medicine for laboring women: A qualitative study of the effects of reflexology

By: Arnon Z., Dor A., Bazak H., Attias S., Sagi S., Balachsan S., Schiff E.
Published in: Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Despite pharmacological interventions, labor pain and anxiety still remain a challenge, and can carry long-term psycholo (more…)

Retrospective Accounts of the Process of Using and Discontinuing Psychiatric Medication

By: Katz S., Goldblatt H., Hasson-Ohayon I., Roe D.
Published in: Qualitative Health Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Refusal to take psychiatric medication as prescribed is often considered negative, harmful, and even reflective of a sig (more…)

Characteristics and behaviours of formal versus informal nurse champions and their relationship to innovation success [正式与非正式护理冠军的特征和行为及其与创新成功的关系]

By: Luz S., Shadmi E., Admi H., Peterfreund I., Drach-Zahavy A.
Published in: Journal of Advanced Nursing
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Aims: To identify the sociodemographic attributes, project characteristics and champion strategies that differentiate fo (more…)

Postoperative analgesia by adding acupuncture to conventional therapy, a non-randomized controlled trial

By: Levy I., Attias S., Cohen L., Stoppelmann N., Steinberger D., Grimberg O., Ben-Arye E., Matter I., Sroka G., Somri M., Schiff E.
Published in: Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Postoperative pain is common in patients hospitalized in surgical departments, yet it is currently not sufficiently cont (more…)

Modeling Parkinson’s disease in adult Drosophila

By: Dabool L., Juravlev L., Hakim-Mishnaevski K., Kurant E.
Published in: Journal of Neuroscience Methods
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Background: Protein aggregation in neurons is a prominent pathological mark of neurodegeneration. In Parkinson’s disease (more…)

A Biomechanical Foot-Worn Device Improves Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

By: Debbi E.M., Bernfeld B., Herman A., Salai M., Laufer Y., Wolf A., Haim A., Soudry M., Rozen N., Writing Committee
Published in: Journal of Arthroplasty
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Background: Biomechanics after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) often remain abnormal and may lead to prolonged postoperati (more…)

Is there evidence for sex differences in the association between diabetes and cancer?

By: Dankner R., Boker L.K., Freedman L.S.
Published in: Diabetologia
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
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Personality traits and cognitive function in old-adults with type-2 diabetes

By: Weinstein G., Elran Barak R., Schnaider Beeri M., Ravona-Springer R.
Published in: Aging and Mental Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Objectives: Personality may constitute an important domain of influence on cognitive function in old-adults. We assessed (more…)

APOE Alleles and extreme human longevity

By: Sebastiani P., Gurinovich A., Nygaard M., Sasaki T., Sweigart B., Bae H., Andersen S.L., Villa F., Atzmon G., Christensen K., Arai Y., Barzilai N., Puca A., Christiansen L., Hirose N., Perls T.T.
Published in: Journals of Gerontology – Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: We assembled a collection of 28,297 participants from seven studies of longevity and healthy aging comprising New Englan (more…)

Confronting the threat of bioterrorism: realities, challenges, and defensive strategies

By: Green M.S., LeDuc J., Cohen D., Franz D.R.
Published in: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Global terrorism is a rapidly growing threat to world security, and increases the risk of bioterrorism. In this Review, (more…)

Abrupt symptom improvements in antidepressant clinical trials: Transient placebo effects or therapeutic reality?

By: Zilcha-Mano S., Roose S.P., Brown P.J., Rutherford B.R.
Published in: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Background: According to prevailing models and classical reports, abrupt responses to antidepressant medication are not (more…)

Glutamate dehydrogenase-deficient mice display schizophrenia-like behavioral abnormalities and CA1-specific hippocampal dysfunction

By: Lander S.S., Khan U., Lewandowski N., Chakraborty D., Provenzano F.A., Mingote S., Chornyy S., Frigerio F., Maechler P., Kaphzan H., Small S.A., Rayport S., Gaisler-Salomon I.
Published in: Schizophrenia Bulletin
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Brain imaging has revealed that the CA1 subregion of the hippocampus is hyperactive in prodromal and diagnosed patients (more…)