Author: Arsen Mayer

Einat Dado Baralia founded the “Shir Lachaim” (Shir, also ‘song,’ for Life) organization together with her husband Asaf and some friends, after the death of her son Shir at the end of a one-year-long struggle with neuroblastoma cancer when he was only two years and three months old. “We will help to find a breakthrough […]

World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Saturday that the “global emergency” created by the COVID-19 pandemic has ended. Meanwhile, the Health Ministry announced that a total of 12,500 people have died in Israel from the pandemic since the first victim – 88-year-old Holocaust survivor Aryeh Even – died on March 21, […]

We all grew up and were educated in a way that sanctifies the monogamous relationship in movies, books and poetry, so many people feel like they’ve really failed in view of the complex reality of a relationship and managing difficult periods. Some couples know that there may be more than one way to live a […]

The irises of Northern Gannets, a type of seabird, turn black if they recover from highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, according to a new pre-print study published last week. Northern Gannets were one of the species severely impacted by the ongoing bird flu outbreak affecting Europe and the Americas. The study, which has not yet […]

For the first time ever, surgery was performed on a fetus’s brain while it was inside the womb, and the procedure was documented in a recent study. The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Stroke on Thursday, documented the process that doctors took to repair a malformed blood vessel in the fetus’s brain. The procedure […]

 A 28-year-old resident of Haifa was found dead last Thursday in a reported suicide, with her 10-month-old toddler beside her. Sources believe that this incident was a result of postpartum depression. Following this tragedy, the issue resurfaced, gaining national attention. Dr. Sharon Pelagi, a psychologist at Maccabi Health Services, helped readers better understand what postpartum […]

Remember when you were pregnant? You welcomed any advice or tips that would strengthen your sense of security about becoming a mom. You read about topics related to parenting and babies, you heard from experienced mothers about what awaits you, and you were encouraged to get help from professionals (for example: breastfeeding training) and much […]

The debate about what is more harmful to human health – fat or sugar – has continued for many years. Over the years, many studies have been done, but now, a new study has come to the following conclusion: a low-fat diet is the best. In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, fat was […]

COVID-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday, a major step towards the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, disrupted the global economy and ravaged communities. “Yesterday, the Emergency Committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare […]

With Passover customs, matzah has rightfully gained the most dubious reputation.  Abdominal pain, gas, constipation and diarrhea are only some of the problems that matzah may cause, especially if you follow the laws of the holiday and eat lots of matzah, plus cook dishes like matzo brei.  Why does this happen? How can symptoms be […]