A 10-month-old baby boy weighing only 5.5 kilos who suffers from epilepsy has undergone the implantation of a vagal-nerve stimulator (VNS) at the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya. The vagus nerve is one of the 12 cranial nerves that travel from the brain to rest of the body. The operation is a significant achievement in […]
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I’m sure there were quite a few sardonic chuckles in response to this headline. Most readers know people who suffer the effects of being married to a non-nurturing spouse (NNS). Most people start off marriage full of optimism, trust, love, and respect. Then, after years of living with someone who ignores, belittles and berates them, […]
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“Restrained eaters” are people who chronically avoid eating to reduce their weight, adopting restrictive diets to control their weight and negative attitudes towards food. Eating disorders have been linked to high rates of depression, stress, abnormal attitudes toward weight and eating, and low self-esteem. Now, women who suffer from eating disorders (the problem is more […]
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According to the latest survey of Maccabi Healthcare Services, the proportion of Israelis who view their health condition as average or poor has more than doubled compared to the period before October 7. Fully 35% of adults who are insured by the country’s second-largest health fund and who suffer from chronic diseases reported a feeling […]
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We blink our eyes without thinking about it but spend a remarkable fraction of our awake time while blinking. Most adults do it about 14 to 17 times per minute; that adds up to 840 to 1,020 blinks every hour, and if you sleep for eight hours every night, you probably blink about 13,440 to […]
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Since October 7, healthcare professionals in medicine, mental health, education, welfare, first responders and rescue workers face such great difficulties in getting help to those who need it that many of them suffer from fatigue, apathy, burnout, stress, and distress. Recently, in a roundtable meeting in which researchers in the healthcare field participated, the main […]
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With a quarter of daily calorie intake in the Western world – especially in Israel – derived from snacks that are not nutritious and even harmful to health, ways have to be found to encourage reducing their intake and replacing them with unprocessed and natural food. Researchers at Pennsylvania State University have found that the […]
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Now, most people are aware of the fact – even though many do nothing to stop it – that consuming sugar-sweetened drinks can lead to obesity during the first few years of childhood. But now, researchers at Swansea University in Wales have found that parents who give their toddlers such beverages put them at a […]
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Amazingly, a friendly pat on the back of a basketball player can improve his or her performance, according to a research team at the University of Basel in Switzerland. A free throw in basketball will have every eye glued to one person during an intensely stressful situation, and many games are decided by this bonus. […]
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Amid the tense security climate and UAV attacks from Iran, the Israeli public may experience heightened anxiety. Even for those accustomed to dealing with security threats, these feelings can intensify, potentially disrupting daily life. Distinguishing between natural fear and clinical anxiety can be challenging. This distinction can be gauged by evaluating the intensity of one’s […]
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