Category: Science and Health

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that it was tracking a new, highly mutated lineage of the virus that causes COVID-19. The lineage is named BA.2.86, and has been detected in the United States, Denmark and Israel, the CDC said in a post on messaging platform X. Since the CDC’s statement, […]

Ashley Summers was on vacation with her family at Freeman Lake in Indiana when the incident occurred. She had reportedly been on a boat for the weekend, enjoying her time on the water. However, she began to feel dehydrated, experiencing symptoms like a headache and dizziness. To address her dehydration, she consumed a significant amount […]

Maintaining an active lifestyle as you age might seem challenging, particularly for those who consider themselves “too busy” or financially constrained to invest in gyms, classes, or personal trainers. Yet, some demonstrate that staying fit and healthy is achievable at any age, even without breaking the bank. Take Japan, for instance, a country known for […]

Dr. Maya Roseman dedicated the opening segment of her 103FM program to shed light on foods that can trigger headaches, unveiling five key measures to evade their debilitating effects. “Lack of sleep, stress, and hormonal shifts can certainly trigger headaches, but so can dietary factors. Which dietary aspects deserve our attention?” Roseman inquired, then proceeded […]

From a young age, Galila Yohannes began to show signs of a visual field disorder that impaired her ability to function independently until further deterioration began and she almost lost her sight.  Now aged six, she was taken by her worried parents – foreign workers who came from Eritrea – to the outpatient eye institute […]

People who adopt dogs from animal shelters are excited about their new pets. However, when shelter dogs followed at their new homes for six months after they were brought home were studied by researchers at Ohio State University (OSU), it was discovered that the pets showed negative behaviors like stranger aggression or training problems.  Nevertheless, […]

Rosacea primarily affecting the face, will impact up to 10% of the population, particularly women aged 30 and older with fair skin. Learn about its triggers, and natural treatment approaches.

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 […]