Author: Arsen Mayer

If you thought it was enough to splash feet in soapy water in the shower, you’re wrong. In fact, you’re causing health damage by not washing your feet thoroughly. This is how to prevent problems. The mistake in the washing technique is understandable since most people don’t actually wash their feet but think that if […]

We already know that we inhale many microplastic particles into the body, but how many are they? According to new research, it’s too many. Researchers have found that people inhale the equivalent of a credit card’s worth of microplastics every week. An Australian research team says these dangerous particles accumulate in the nose and back […]

In a viral video uploaded to social media, a nutrition expert named Ali Ramadan said: “When we sleep at night on our left side, the stomach and gastric juices remain lower than the esophagus – which improves digestion and prevents heartburn. Sleeping on this side also reduces back pressure, and this is also the ideal […]

Dravet syndrome (DS) is a rare, genetic epileptic encephalopathy that gives rise to seizures that don’t respond well to seizure medications. It begins in the first year of life in a healthy infant or toddler and can include a spectrum of symptoms ranging from mild to severe. The average life expectancy of youngsters with the […]

Experiencing depression and living in an economically disadvantaged urban neighborhood could accelerate the aging process, a new study that was published on June 5 found. The peer-reviewed study, published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, found that the process of aging accelerates depending on the person’s living conditions and […]

Every country in the world will see rates of diabetes rise in the next 30 years without action, according to a new global study. There are currently 529 million people in the world with diabetes, the study led by researchers at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington found. They […]

For the first time in Israel and in the world, Endometrial Cancer Awareness Week is currently being marked. A survey conducted by the voluntary organization that fights gynecological cancer, Bar’s Home, shows that over 76% of women were unaware of the symptoms that may signal endometrial cancer and only a quarter of women had ever […]

One in five women, who used IVF to conceive their first child, conceived their following children without the same medical intervention, a new study has found. The peer-reviewed study, published in academic journal Human Reproduction, analyzed data from 5000 women from across the globe. The data had been collected as part of 11 other studies […]

A man in Sri Lanka broke two world records this month when he had a massive kidney stone removed from his body, according to Guinness World Records. Sixty-two year old Canistus Coonghe, a retired soldier, had not only the largest kidney stone but also the heaviest. It was removed June 1 by a team of urologists.  […]

Following years of controversy, accusations and hundreds of lawsuits against the Sackler family – which became billionaires from the sale of opioids by its Purdue Pharma company – the family and Tel Aviv University have agreed to remove the Sackler name from TAU’s Faculty of Medicine. The two sides issued a joint announcement on Wednesday […]