Author: David Leibermann

 A natural plant-derived food supplement could possibly be used to help reduce anxiety, a new study from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science has found. The substance, beta-sitosterol, was shown in the study to reduce anxiety in mice, and was found to produce this effect both by itself and in synergic combination with the antidepressant Prozac. […]

  A new type of coronavirus believed to have originated in dogs was detected among patients hospitalized with pneumonia in 2017-2018, and may be the eighth unique coronavirus known to cause disease in humans if it is confirmed as a pathogen, a study said. Researchers in the study, published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal […]

A subtype of immune cells have been found to play a role in the progression of metabolic liver disease, a new study from Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science revealed. The liver is an essential organ in the body and carries out a wide range of vital functions. However, it is very sensitive to food, and […]

The current security tensions are delaying the start of vaccinating children against coronavirus, a Health Ministry official said, and that the ministry is holding consultations with all relevant actors and will probably issue an official directive within the next two weeks. The US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization on May 11 to administer […]

One year ago, Israel was emerging from one of the world’s longest and severe lockdowns to combat the coronavirus; now the small country is a global leader in vaccinations per capita, and its economy and borders are once again opening to the world. How Israel, with all its ups and downs, eventually brought the virus […]

Parkinson‘s Disease is one of many neurodegenerative diseases, and it is caused by an overproduction of a specific protein in the brain. New research analyzes how they form, and may lead to advancements in therapeutic drugs and treatments. The study was jointly published by a group of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and […]

As sirens keep on going off and rockets pound Israel, the most crucial question for many parents is how to keep their children safe, first and foremost physically, but also emotionally.Two experts spoke with The Jerusalem Post about the problem, highlighting how allowing space for children’s fears and questions, as well as explaining to them […]

Reunited with the office and it feels so good? Not so for everyone, says Susan Kagan, a psychotherapist and head of the Play Therapy School, of the post-lockdown era. “The people can be divided into two groups,” Kagan says. “One group is of those who have difficulty adjusting – first adjusting to a period at […]

This story begins as many hospital stories do, with a woman lying alone in her bed. In this case, she was in Soroka-University Medical Center in Beersheba and she was dying. According to Prof. Victor Novack – professor of medicine, head of the Research Authority and Department of Medicine at Soroka Medical Center – nobody […]