Author: Arsen Mayer

Heartburn is one of the most annoying phenomena disturbing our daily life. But there is a way to cope with and even prevent it. Dr. Maya Rosman explained in her show on 103FM what exactly heartburn is and what can be done against it. “The feeling of heartburn and a ‘rising’ of the food upwards […]

Peanut allergies can be reduced by 77% if babies are fed peanut products at four to six months of age, a new study found. The peer-reviewed study was published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in December. The study was led by Prof. Graham Roberts of the National Institute for Health and Care […]

Children’s drawings are one-way kids tell about their world, mimic others and express external influences.  Analyzing their paintings, which colors they choose and which dominate, a parent can see how a child is feeling. Most toddlers at around age two begin to identify the primary colors (red, yellow and blue) and then the other colors. […]

Cancer remains the scourge it has always been – but recent years have seen significant advances in diagnosis and treatment. But there are still plenty of issues to be resolved, in both those areas – specifically, developing better ways to evaluate cancer, and developing more effective ways to determine how to choose the proper treatment […]

When in the spring of 2020 countries around the world were vying for supplies of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to protect their populations against COVID-19, the director of the secretive Ness Ziona Biological Institute – anesthesiologist and former Hadassah University Medical Center administrator Prof. Shmuel Shapira – pressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to let his and his […]

A new study examining the effects of carbonated drinks on mice found that drinking Pepsi and Coke increased their testicle size and testosterone concentrations. Yet as researchers point out, this runs counter to previous findings that found that drinking soda has a negative effect on fertility. One survey cited found that sperm quality decreased by […]

One scientist revealed the mistake we make when we flush the toilet and the problems it causes. She claimed that one common method of lowering the water in the toilet will prevent the spread of millions of dangerous bacteria throughout the house. Emma Harding, a molecular virology researcher and PhD candidate at Australia’s University of […]

Physiotherapist Sammy Spiegel, who has been practicing for 13 years, shared a video on TikTok recently showing four relatively simple things you need to be able to do daily in order to “age gracefully.” Since being posted last week, the video has already racked up around 1 million views. @samspiegspt 4 things you should always […]

Scientists found that a new method to cure Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) by transplanting stem cells resistant to HIV extracted from umbilical cord blood was successful. According to a new peer-reviewed study that was published in Cell journal on Thursday, this process was used to successfully treat a mixed-race middle-aged woman with leukemia and HIV. […]

If you feel that it’s harder for you to get up in the morning or if you fall asleep much earlier you’re not alone.  New research suggests that humans may need more sleep during the colder months. An analysis of people who participated in sleep studies found that people had more REM (rapid eye movement) […]