Category: Science and Health

An Australian anthropologist claims that our faces are “becoming more and more inferior” and names, among the culprits for this, the modern diet, sleep patterns, and light exposure habits. Humans are becoming uglier – and it has nothing to do with aging, claims a plastic surgeon and expert in facial surgery, who explained the theory […]

Most lung cancer patients are smokers or have kicked the habit. There are also nonsmokers who develop lung cancer as well, and they can be treated effectively with new drugs on the market. But these medications tend to lose effectiveness as time goes on because the malignancies develop secondary mutations in a gene called EGFR […]

The first survey of its kind in Israel about teens playing online games presents a worrisome picture of exposure to unsuitable content, violence, obscenities, and dangerous offers.  More than 40% of the youth playing online games were exposed to very inappropriate content. About 66% of them complained to a parent or somebody else about how […]

The Knesset Health Committee headed by Shas MK Uriel Busso wants to change the name of physicians’ assistant (ozer la’rofeh in Hebrew) to physicians’ associate (amit rofeh). This, according to dozens of medical societies in the Israel Medical Association (IMA) who petitioned against the change, gives the misleading impression that the person is almost a […]

It isn’t only their smokers’ lungs that get filthy from tar, nicotine, and about 70 other toxins known to cause cancer. In rooms where smoking has taken place regularly, tobacco’s imprint lingers on indoor surfaces – even long after regular smoking has stopped.  The leftover residues, known as “third-hand smoke,” can be a long-term source […]

People who take acid reflux medications called proton-pump inhibitors for four-and-a-half years or more could have a higher risk of dementia compared to people who do not take these medications, according to research just published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.  Acid reflux occurs when stomach acid flows into the […]

Plastic surgery is on the rise among Israeli youth, according to a new report from the Israel Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons/ The report found a 37% increase in the demand for plastic surgery among teenagers this summer. The report, which was published in early August, outlines the most popular procedures among Israel’s young citizens. […]

The growing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics worries doctors and researchers around the world. Now, an international study led by a team at Hadassah-University Medical Center and the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem shows the potential effectiveness of PASA16 bacteriophage therapy in coping with dangerous Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. The study […]

Depression and anxiety do not actually raise one’s risk of cancer, according to a recent study. This research debunks decades of misconceptions, with it having long been hypothesized that these mental illnesses would be linked to an increased risk of developing cancers.  The findings of this study were published in the peer-reviewed academic journal CANCER. […]

Public health and sports medicine specialists have recommended that people walk 10,000 steps a day to promote good health. But that number doesn’t seem to be holy. The number of steps you should walk every day to start seeing benefits to your health is lower than previously thought, according to the largest analysis ever to […]