Author: Arsen Mayer

Most articles about diets tend to focus on women. This time, however, the focus is on a particularly extreme diet and the men that adhere to it. Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, Bruce Springsteen, and even UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are all fighting against being middle-aged thanks to a one-meal-a-day fasting diet.  But how safe […]

The ongoing outbreak of avian influenza which began in late 2021 in Europe and the Americas has been marked by rapid genetic changes and highly increased virulence in both birds and mammals, according to a new study published last week. In the peer-reviewed study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the St. Jude Children’s Research […]

Many people think that post-COVID life should have us all feeling relieved, grateful to have made it through three difficult years and content both in general and in our relationships. Sadly, many people are feeling overwhelmed at home and with life in general as they attempt to re-enter their post-COVID world. We have all changed, […]

Drugs designed to aid weight loss have become popular in recent months, and while the best known of them is probably Ozempic, there’s also Wegovy and Saxenda.  Now another drug called Mounjaro has been added to the race, and although it has not yet received FDA approval, but the approval process is underway. So how […]

No challah on Shabbat for those with celiac disease or wheat allergies. No cheesecake for Shavuot for those with dairy allergies. No mishloach manot gift packages on Purim for kids with severe allergies to the treats inside.  Synagogues and other Jewish organizations are seeing a rise in the number of children and teens who suffer […]

Individuals suffering from depression may be able to find new hope in the form of an old drug known as ketamine through a private clinic called KetaMind which offers ketamine as a treatment for depression. KetaMind was recently opened in Israel and founded by psychiatrist Dr. Stuart Seidman and emergency medicine specialist Prof. Michael Drescher. […]

Summer is here: People stay out later, sleep less, and feel less energized in the morning. However, there is a solution to this. A recent study of 40 subjects found that opening the bedroom window at night can help improve sleep, as well as improving cognitive skills. This is because fresh air, which improves a […]

Japanese researchers who asked medical staff at a large pediatric hospital about their experiences with full-time “hospital facility” dogs have found that they can provide exceptionally valuable support to the terminally ill and other patients of all ages. Such dogs can provide valuable support and help gain patients’ cooperation, according to the new study by […]

A “groundbreaking” bio-sensing technology that predicts the response of cancer patients to anti-PD1 – an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy – with significantly greater accuracy than current methods has been developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba. Since anti-PD1 is the leading immunotherapy treatment in cancer patients, such an achievement can […]

Can cancer really kill in 24 hours? A US family says their “fit and healthy” teenage son died of leukemia just one day after he was diagnosed. The devastated family has revealed that their son, who was very active and athletic, died of leukemia just 24 hours after being diagnosed, which begs the question – […]