Category: Science and Health

Impatience, the inability to sit still in class, chutzpah and sometimes bending the rules are considered by most people to be negative qualities. But from the age of five, when he witnessed a deadly terrorist attack in his Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood opposite Mount Herzl, Eli Beer turned these qualities into a dauntless mission to save […]

There are several myths that people are willing to swear by, and “if you just do this everything will be fine” and maybe “if you do this, you will never get pregnant.” So the best experts in Israel, Prof. Yoel Shopro and Dr. Eran Altman, addressed the most common myths about pregnancy and fertility. They […]

A UK doctor has unveiled a surprising truth about our bathroom habits that could be harmful to our health. This eye-opening advice has gained significant attention, with hundreds of thousands of viewers expressing their gratitude for the newfound knowledge. Surgeon Dr. Karan Rajan, known as @dr.karanr on TikTok, has become an internet sensation with over […]

The chance of getting skin cancer is higher in men than in women, since many men don’t apply sunscreen before going out in the Sun, while most women do, according to the British NHS. With skin cancer death rates rising dramatically, it’s time to ask ourselves if we would notice the early signs or if […]

When 65-year-old Moshe Elkabatz – a resident of the northern town of Hazor – spotted a wart on his leg, he did not think too much about it. However, soon his leg started to swell and an abscess formed on his foot, due to an acute infection. “All of a sudden, I couldn’t walk or […]

June 21 is marked worldwide as Global ALS Awareness Day, raising awareness for the rare and incurable degenerative disease that causes the body’s muscles to stop functioning until it results in complete paralysis. It is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease after the American baseball player who was diagnosed in the 1930s. In England, it […]

Most of the world’s population – both children and adults – suffers from plaque and dental cavities or will develop them at some point in their lives. Toothpastes, mouthwashes and regular checkups can help prevent them, but more could be done to prevent caries, gum disease or tooth loss.  Scientists at Ben-Gurion University of the […]

One of the world’s most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process, pitting it against the food industry and regulators. Aspartame, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars’ Extra chewing gum and […]

An Israeli technology developed at the Weizmann Institute makes it possible to determine which drug treatment will be most beneficial for an individual cancer patient and which will not, thus significantly increasing the chances for successful therapy and reducing ineffective treatments and the unnecessary side effects of ineffective treatments. Curesponse’ groundbreaking technology makes it possible […]

The National Insurance Institute (NII) will fully finance medical cannabis treatment using a metered inhaler for victims of hostilities – acts of terrorism or criminal violence. The NII will be collaborating with the Israeli med-tech company Syqe in order to make sure that those entitled can receive the needed inhalers and medicine at no out-of-pocket […]