Category: Science and Health

Every case of breast cancer in women (and a minority of men) is somewhat different. A new model developed in Israel for the first time determines the personal genetic risk for malignancy based on the genetic profile of each patient.  This, according to researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU), could form the basis for the […]

The octopus not only has eight arms – this soft-bodied mollusk with two eyes and a beaked mouth in the center has a lot of brainpower.  Prof. Benny Hochner of the Institute of Life Sciences at Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) and Prof. Jeff Lichtman of Harvard University in Boston and their teams have uncovered […]

Five pregnant women at Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem who were supposed to get a routine “anti-D” vaccination were mistakenly given rabies shots.  Anti-D prophylaxis involves giving anti-D immunoglobulin to prevent a woman from producing antibodies against rhesus-positive blood cells and so to prevent the development of HDN in an unborn baby.  If […]

A 57-year-old man in serious condition with advanced lung cancer has been treated successfully for the first time for acute hypoglycemia at the Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem. The “scientific breakthrough” will be good news for patients worldwide, according to Prof. Gil Leibowitz of the hospital’s Diabetes Research Center. The man, who suffered […]

Have you ever wondered how drinks at your favorite fast food chains are made? One TikTok user and McDonald’s employee  exposed the creative process behind how the fast food chain’s iced tea. This user even claims the drink is a lot sweeter than most customers would expect. According to TikTok user @gia2bad, who posted a […]

Our hair is exposed to various damages due to changes in the weather, frequent friction with clothes, and the use of perms, straighteners, and hair dyes. All these, and more, cause its edges to split, which requires cutting them once in a while. Hair grows at a rate of one centimeter per month, or 12 […]

In a recent development, the health insurance predicament faced by Ukrainian refugees in Israel is on the verge of being resolved. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dimitri Kuleba confirmed in a tweet on Monday, “I’ve had a conversation with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who assured me that health insurance for Ukrainians in Israel will remain in […]

Meeting a stranger in a social encounter – at work, for a blind date, or at a family event – often makes people nervous and have false expectations. People tend to evaluate themselves as better than they actually are. Such enhanced positive evaluation occurs not only for the self, but also for others.  Self-enhancement is […]

As human beings, we are wired from birth for social connection. We smile, coo in a higher pitched voice, and even nurse our young from a perfect focal length for optimal mother-infant bonding. With time and as we age, however, we have become increasingly more isolated and disconnected. This is especially true in our post-COVID […]

An American minor was recently infected with the swine flu A (H1N2) variant virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Saturday. The child, from Michigan, caught the virus at an agriculture fair. Swine flu is a zoonotic disease that circulates among the pig population in many parts of the world. Humans generally catch it […]