Author: Arsen Mayer

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is linked with age and genetics, so it has been said that there is little one can do to prevent it—except maybe to exercise one’s brain with reading, crosswords or sudoku. But now, researchers in California and Hawaii have discovered that people can take action to reduce their risk of this most […]

Tech TalkImmediately following the horrific October 7 massacre, the people of Israel have come together to offer their support to those who need it. Whether donating money, food supplies, equipment, or one’s time and energy – the nation has come together in a way that would have been unthinkable just a few months ago, amid […]

Eleven elderly women have returned to Israel from Hamas captivity, while one, Alma Avraham, remains in Gaza. The women returned underweight, which is particularly concerning given their advanced age. Doctors at Wolfson Medical Center, where the abductees were treated, revealed that they arrived malnourished and bearing indicators of poor health. “Among other issues, we observed […]

When parents read nursery rhymes and sing to their infants – from birth to seven months old – they are not wasting their time. Researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK and the Trinity College at Ireland’s University of Dublin have found that these acts may help them to learn language. Babies don’t […]

Four prominent Israeli medical academics and a senior legal expert have written a strong letter to the BMJ Global Health journal protesting to its editor, Associate Prof. of Health Systems Seye Abimbola, against its recent editorial entitled “Violence in Palestine demands an immediate resolution of its settler-colonial root causes.” Abimbola is from Nigeria originally and […]

Due to the increased demand for civilian firearms during the war, the Israel Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (IIOSH) presents safety guidelines at the shooting range that every firearm owner must adhere to. Since October 7, there has been a huge rise in requests from civilians to obtain a firearm license. Alongside the desire […]

Israelis – even those who don’t know personally any children who have returned from Hamas captivity – are agonized over the thought that they will suffer from long-time emotional trauma due to what they endured.  The images of Israeli child hostages being freed from Gaza are a relief, but for most of these children, the […]

As the Gaza war against Hamas slips into winter, an innovative Israeli development that could save wounded who fought or were injured in a hostile environment has been developed at Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus.  When there is a drop in the body temperate of wounded soldiers and civilians dealing with a drop in body […]

If you’ve gotten little or no sleep at night, avoid making important decisions the next day, according to Canadian research on the importance of sleep on cognitive performance and emotional well-being for those who are stressed. Military and political leaders, and first responders to catastrophes are just some high-stress individuals who should avoid taking important […]

The number of HIV carriers in Israel in the last two years has increased beyond the forecasted numbers, according to Prof. Itzchak Levy, director of the HIV/AIDS center at Sheba Medical Center, on World AIDS Day, which took place on Friday. “The AIDS epidemic is still with us,” Levy said. “To end this epidemic, the […]