Category: Science and Health

The extreme heat that has been plaguing Israel and much of the rest of the Northern Hemisphere for over a week can double the risk of fatal heart attacks, especially if sand and other fine-particulate pollution come with it.  An analysis of more than 202,000 heart attack deaths between 2015 and 2020 in a single […]

 Britain is reviewing a class of drugs used in a diabetes medicine and a weight-loss treatment sold by Novo Nordisk  after some patients reported suicidal or self-harming thoughts, two weeks after similar action by the European Union. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said in a statement to Reuters late on Tuesday it […]

A 28-year-old man has tested positive for the potentially fatal Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in a city in Abu Dhabi on the border with Oman, the World Health Organization said on Monday. The man in the city of Al Ain was admitted to a hospital last month, the WHO said in a statement. […]

Calcium is found in a range of foods besides just the cheese you eat and the milk you add to your coffee.  If you’re lactose intolerant or don’t want to eat dairy for other reasons, there are plenty of other foods explored in this article that are rich in calcium or will help your body […]

Summer vacation is in full swing, and children are at summer camps and spending a lot of time in the pool, at the beach, and at home. However, summer fun brings a bunch of laundry to do. The dirty clothes keep piling up, from shirts stained with sweat to clothes stained by ice cream. So […]

In the summer you can go to the beach, sunbathe, wear short clothes and enjoy the sun and the warm air. Just as we have to be careful of the many dangers that lie in the hottest season of the year, we need to make sure we are taking care of our cats. Veterinarian Dr. […]

Nervous when you see an epidermic needle, even if the shot can save your life? A significant link between behavioral stress and the effectiveness of vaccines has been demonstrated for the first time in mouse models by Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers.   They found that acute stress in mice nine to 12 days after […]

The Health Ministry’s annual national program for quality indicators takes the pulse of the country’s health system, with its main goals the promotion of quality care in key and selected areas and presenting the results to the public.  The new indices this year include polyp detection index in colonoscopy performed in general hospitals; pain assessment […]

Shoham Cohen and Yitzchak (Tzachi) Lavi, graduates of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Sami Shamoon College of Engineering in Beersheba recently developed an automatic device for disinfecting blood pressure cuffs called CleanCuff. This innovative product is designed to reduce nosocomial infections (infections acquired in medical centers) among hospitalized patients, relieve the burden on […]

In a recent study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition in Boston, Massachusettes, researchers suggest that people looking to maintain mental sharpness as they age might benefit from substituting margarine with olive oil. The preliminary study, which involved more than 90,000 US health professionals, found that individuals who favored olive […]