People’s choice 1st place in the 3-minute thesis competition

🎉 Congratulations to our lab member Michal Weiss for winning the People’s Choice 1st Place at the University of Haifa’s 3-Minute Thesis Competition! 🎉

Michal presented a fascinating segment of her PhD research, focusing on the development of a diagnostic tool for Fibromyalgia. Her presentation, titled “Can we smell pain?” is based on the current goal to non-invasively detect pain-related chemicals in sweat, enabling more effective diagnosis and monitoring of chronic pain conditions. Her work not only sheds light on the intriguing connection between pain and biochemical compounds, but also offers hope for faster and more accurate diagnosis of Fibromyalgia.

Well done, Michal, for your outstanding achievement and contribution to pain research!

PAIN Journal – New Publication 

One of the pleasant surprises at IASP 2024 was seeing the latest issue of PAIN Journal with our research featured on the cover. Our paper, “Defining Suffering in Pain: A Systematic Review Using Natural Language Processing,” focuses on the complexity of pain-related suffering.
In this study, we identified eight key dimensions and developed a new conceptual framework, combining a systematic review with advanced machine learning techniques. We hope this contribution will enhance the understanding of pain and suffering in both clinical and research settings. Read full article>>

Epoch Magazine featuring Pavel Goldstein 

In a thought-provoking article, Pavel Goldstein provides insights into the opioid crisis in Israel and outlines potential preventive measures. “It’s imperative that we take proactive steps to address this issue and avoid the tragic consequences witnessed in the USA”. Read full article>>

iPain in the media: Ynet+ about new ways to treat chronic pain

Pavel Goldstein was interviewed for ‘Menta Magazin’ about Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) for treating chronic pain and about recent research innovations in the field. Read full artice>>

New publication

Blood pressure is known to be corelated to diabetes. But did you know that the very act of measuring blood pressure can help balance blood sugar levels? A new research led by  Pavel Goldstein and others, demonstrats that subjects who regularly measured their blood pressure in addition to sugar levels, showed a significant improvement in both indicators.

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