Author: Arsen Mayer

Israeli patients suffering from multiple myeloma (a cancer of white blood cell) or amyloidosis (in which abnormal proteins build up in tissue) have improved or gone into remission with an experimental treatment of CAR-T positive cells.  The medical technology – called HBI0101, anti-BCMA CAR-T cells –was given as part of an ongoing Phase 1b clinical […]

One of the least pleasant phenomenons of the winter season is a sore throat. It is usually not fatal, but also not something you are comfortable walking around with all day. The instinctive reaction of many of us is to immediately boil water and make tea or something else hot to drink, and for good […]

Traveling to a vast array of sites is associated with improved health, a new study concludes.  But the distance of the traveler does not need to be very far, according to the research led by a UCL team. Those who travel more than 15 miles away from home more likely to report being in overall […]

Treatment for combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which affects hundreds of thousands of American military personnel, thousands of Israel Defense Forces veterans and terrorist attack victims can be both fast and effective for a majority of patients.  A new study at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health) showed clinically […]

Cancer cells are scary and an enemy to good health, but US researchers have found a way to make them friendly as potent, anti-cancer agents. In the latest study on lab rodents by Dr. Khalid Shah at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts, the investigators have developed a new cell therapy approach, creating a vaccine […]

In one of the first long-term studies on adolescent neural development and technology use, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that adolescents’ brains could become more sensitive when anticipating social rewards and punishments over time with increased usage of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and other social media. The study was […]

Genital injuries can be incredibly painful and difficult to fix for men, but scientists may have figured out a way to do so, including making sure it can still maintain erections and function normally, according to a new study. The findings of this study were published in the peer-reviewed academic journal Matter. The study itself […]

Global health officials tried to determine the facts of China’s raging COVID-19 outbreak and how to prevent a further spread as the government’s mouthpiece newspaper on Wednesday rallied citizens for a “final victory” over the virus. China’s axing of its stringent virus curbs last month has unleashed COVID on a 1.4 billion population that has […]

More than 3,000 US children aged five and under accidentally ingested cannabis edibles in 2021 – an increase of 1,375% from 2017, when there were just over 200 such cases– according to a US National Poison Data System study released Tuesday. The study, published Tuesday in the peer-reviewed pediatric research journal Pediatrics and based on […]

Adults who don’t drink enough water are more likely to age faster, develop chronic illnesses and die younger, according to a new study concluded after 25 years of research. The study, done by researchers from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), was published Monday in the peer-reviewed academic journal The Lancet.  How did the […]