Sep 04 2011
August 28, 2011 The Jerusalem Post
Adversity and enrichment at a young age can influence the next generation, according to psychologists at the University of Haifa. Prof. Micah Leshem headed the team along with Prof. Jay Schulkin of Georgetown University and postgraduate students Hiba Zaidan and Neta Kvetniy- Ferdman, They published their findings recently in the journal Developmental Psychobiology.
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Aug 24 2011
August 11, 2011 Times of India
A new study from the University of Haifa has indicated that rats exposed to stress during early development inherit the effects of that stress to their offspring, largely expressed in behaviour impairments but also characteristics of resilience.
Aug 24 2011
August 23, 2011 Kol Israel English
Prof. Gabi Ben-Dor on the developments in Libya: “Assuming that there is going to be a new emerging, a new regime emerging soon, it’’s going to encounter as many problems as the ones that we have seen in Egypt and much worse.”
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Aug 23 2011
August 15, 2011 Kol Israel English
Dr. Dan Schueftan, Director of the National Security Studies Center is asked how important the Egyptian mediation effort in the Shalit case is. Dr. Schueftan: “It is important because Egypt lost a lot of its standing in the region, and it needs to prove that they’re still in business.”
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Aug 23 2011
August 17, 2011 IBA News
Dr. Dan Schueftan is asked whether it is too late to derail Mahmoud Abbas’s efforts lining up support for the declaration of statehood at the UN next month. Dr. Schueftan: “Yes, I think it’s too late and also I don’t think we should over-emphasize the significance of it.”
Aug 14 2011
August 1,, 2011 Ynet
Professor Daniel Gottwein of the Haifa University claims there is a massive difference between the Israeli and British protest. “In Israel it’s a protest of the middle class which views itself as the pillar of society and is struggling for a social agenda,” he said. “In Britain, however, it is members of the lower classes and minorities who protest. They see themselves as society’s rebels and are therefore not part of the rules of the game.”
Aug 11 2011
August 11, 2011 The Jerusalem Post
If the health system wants to reduce the length of elderly patients’ hospitalization and save money, the simplest way to do so is by encouraging them to walk around the wards. This is the lesson of a new University of Haifa study that found such simple exercise significantly cut the number of days these patients stayed in the hospital.
Aug 10 2011
August 10, 2011 Daily Mirror (UK)
HOSPITAL patients who get out of bed to walk around can cut their stay by three days.The benefit is regardless of the patients’ state of health and those who start strolling on their first day in hospital shorten their visits more than others, research shows. The University of Haifa team, studied nearly 500 patients over 70 in Israel.
Aug 10 2011
August 10, 2011 Daily Mail
Older hospital patients who get out of bed and walk round can reduce their stay by an average of 36 hours, according to research… The study, by the University of Haifa in Israel, surveyed 485 participants aged 70 and over who were patients in a hospital in Israel.
Aug 07 2011
August 5, 2011 UPI
Hyraxes, sometimes knows as rock rabbits, are fuzzy, cute and, in Israel at least, becoming a serious pest in residential areas, scientists say. The animals have moved into neighborhoods of Galilee and have been destroying people’s gardens. “They’re coming into the villages and eating everything they can find,” University of Haifa researcher Arik Kershenbaum told the BBC.