Author: Arsen Mayer

Dairy products are more complex than you’d expect. There are those who believe it is bad for your body, those who avoid them for moral reasons, those who believe that it is simply not tasty, and there are also those who cannot go a day without consuming them. Regardless of how dairy products make you […]

Every responsible parent knows that small children need to be supervised around pools. Staying in it alone is a real danger, but it turns out that disaster can still strike. Nikki Jurkotz, a paramedic and first aid educator at Tiny Hearts, said that drowning is the main cause of death for children between the ages […]

US Surgeon-General Dr. Vivek Murthy urged on Wednesday in an official 21-page advisory that action be taken to ensure social media environments are healthy and safe for young people.  While social media may offer some benefits, he said, “There are ample indicators that social media can also pose a risk of harm to the mental […]

Although Jewish children and adolescents born in Ethiopia who came recently on aliyah received little or no adequate examination and treatment for ophthalmological conditions, they have fewer vision problems here than native-born Israeli kids.  This surprising finding has been discovered in a first study of its kind by researchers at Assuta Ashdod Hospital, Ben-Gurion and […]

It’s difficult for neurologists to assess objectively how much patients with chronic pain syndromes are suffering, even when they are difficult to treat and can make them disabled. Thus, if objective biomarkers could be identified, they would help guide palliative medicine specialists. A pain syndrome is defined as pain that continues for more than three […]

A direct connection between levels in the brain of nitric oxide (NO) – a colorless, odorless and non-flammable gas  — has been found for the first time in mouse models with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This breakthrough has just been published by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) – offering new insights into […]

The model of masculinity has undergone many positive changes in recent decades. Now, many people understand that it’s not a weakness to show emotions or admit flaws and to be more connected to the softer and gentler side we all have. Today, we understand that these are signs of mental strength, which can prevent many […]

Israel’s Health Ministry wants to transfer responsibility for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) from private hospitals, which have several times been negligent, to public hospitals.  In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in the number of IVF treatments in privately owned medical institutions, the ministry said on Monday. “This increase raised the need to increase […]

Many obstetricians and people without medical expertise have been advising pregnant women not to exercise much so as not to cause premature births and harm their or their babies’ health.  But important new research at Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus, Shaare Zedek Medical Center’s Sports Medicine Center and the IDF now encourages women in the […]

Assuta Medical Center offered hush money to the couple who found that the child they conceived through IVF has no genetic link to the father, according to a report by N12 on Sunday. The hush money was reportedly offered in an attempt to stop the couple from reporting the case to the Health Ministry, but […]