Category: Science and Health

Watermelon is not full of sugar, compared to other fruits. Watermelon contains 90% water, which gives it an initial advantage over other summer fruits. It restores fluids to the body that are lost in the hot summer months. 100 grams of watermelon has half the amount of carbohydrates compared to 100 grams of pear, apple, […]

Drowning is one of the biggest risks for small children during the summer months. Though we know not to take our eyes off of our children even for a moment in the pool or the sea, even if there is a lifeguard, even if they are wearing life jackets, and even if they “know how […]

A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) variant known as EG.5.1 is spreading around the world, health experts have said. As of July 24, 2,442 sequences of EG.5.1 had been detected in 36 countries around the world, including at least 18 cases in Israel, according to data from Outbreak.info, a site that aggregates data about SARS-CoV-2. The strain […]

A recent study may be the first to highlight the link between detriments to health associated with an inconsistent sleep schedule and gut micro-bacteria. The study was published on Wednesday in the European Journal of Nutrition, a peer-reviewed medical journal focused on nutrition science. The study highlights a sleep-related phenomenon known as social jetlag (SJL). […]

Since the third reading of the law to reduce the Reasonableness Standard was passed in the Knesset, over a thousand Israeli doctors have expressed interest in relocating outside of Israel. Prof. Meir Oren, former director of Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, warned that “even if only hundreds of doctors leave, it will be a catastrophe” in […]

Women pass down not only property to their children and grandchildren not only property and money but also better brain health – if they eat apples and herbs early in their pregnancy. This surprising discovery using genetic models was made by researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.  In animals, maternal diet and environment can […]

A woman in her 40s left users of TikTok shocked, after revealing that thanks to the peel of one product that we all throw away  – she manages to prevent the signs of aging that come with time. The 42-year-old revealed to social media surfers how she manages to turn back the clock without injecting […]

Aidoc, a leading Israeli innovator in clinical AI, has recently introduced its “Full Brain Solution,” a new AI-driven medical technology that has the potential to significantly enhance patient care. The Full Brain Solution utilizes artificial intelligence to identify suspected strokes, expanding its capabilities to detect medium vessel occlusions (MeVOs) and both posterior and anterior large […]

Parents of young children remember how often they had to take off work to care for them at home when they got a cold. Whether novel respiratory viruses like COVID-19 or routine respiratory viruses, the preschoolers lacked repeated exposures that could provide long-term immune protection.  They still managed to recover remarkably well, but how they […]

More Israeli adolescents are experiencing mental distress on a daily basis and fewer are experimenting with cannabis, while tobacco use and binge drinking are on the rise, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) study conducted by Prof. Yossi Harel-Fisch and his research team at the Faculty of […]