Author: Arsen Mayer

Israel’s Health Ministry was unable to determine the origin of salmonella found in Sabar’s Abu Marwan hummus, the ministry said on Wednesday evening. A team of ministry officials conducted an examination of Sabar’s Kiryat Gat factory on Wednesday after the company recalled its Hummus products from Israeli shelves. No irregularities were found, it said, according […]

Seven out of 10 people injured riding electric bicycles, scooters and other vehicles who were treated at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center’s emergency room didn’t wear a protective helmet. Not only have many been killed in such accidents or suffered serious orthopedic injuries, but many have suffered serious and painful harm to their face and […]

Scientists have managed to unearth the oldest known virus on Earth, having recovered the 48,500-year-old virus from the Russian permafrost, according to a recent study. The virus itself, called Pandoravirus yedoma, was of the ones that had been revived after lying dormant in the permafrost in Russia’s Siberia for thousands of years. The findings of […]

If you needed another reason to add a glass of red to your nightly ritual, this could be it. Eating more flavonols, antioxidants common in wine, tea and many vegetables and fruits may slow your rate of memory loss, a new study finds. The research tracked the cognitive score of participants who ate the most flavonols […]

Exercise is always good for physical and mental health, and now, researchers say it may also improve sex life, as long as it’s pilates.  A study conducted among women who suffered from low libido, orgasm difficulties and pain during intercourse found that pilates helps deal with all these problems. Pilates, which many women choose as […]

Surgeons at Shaare Zedek Medical Center have performed neurosurgery on a patient with Parkinson’s disease using a Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) procedure – marking a first for the Israeli hospital and a breakthrough for the treatment of Parkinson’s disorder, the hospital announced Monday. DBS surgery is meant to stop tremors in Parkinson’s, primary tremors and […]

There shouldn’t be a difference between the way male and female gynecologists relate to their patients – but there is, according to Tel Aviv University researchers. The men focus on fertility, reproduction and delivering babies; the women are interested in this but also in women’s health after they finish having a family. A new study […]

You try to make the healthiest nutritional choices. You choose veggies at the shop, then at home, you prepare a healthy salad or stew for the whole family.  There are simple ways, however, to make the food you prepare much healthier and even leaner. How can you make a healthy pasta/sauce combo? Why is it […]

Innovators and hi-tech entrepreneurs from Haifa and the surrounding area met at the northern metropolis’ Margalit Startup City on Thursday of last week, to celebrate the emergence of a new ecosystem in digital health startups. Eight companies successfully enlisted in the innovation hub presented their work and progress to investors and medical professionals from the […]

Face masks protect their wearers from life-threatening respiratory infections of all kinds. However, they also pose harmful psychological effects, such as reducing facial identification and emotion recognition, making it difficult for people to understand what those who wear them are saying. Wearing masks throughout the workday also results in a lack of focus, as well […]