Category: Science and Health

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 […]

Experts warned that pillowcases should be changed regularly – and more than once a week. An unwashed pillowcase can contain three million bacteria after just one week—about 17,000 times more than an average toilet seat, Amerisleep reported. The tests included cleanliness data of mattresses, bedding and pillowcases , as well as a breakdown of the […]

A slower walking speed in elderly dogs has an association with dementia risk, just as it does in their aging human companions, according to a new study.  The research on canines, published this week in peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science, found that measuring gait speed among geriatric dogs could serve as an easy and reliable […]

China deliberately engineered the coronavirus virus as a “bioweapon,”  a Wuhan Institute of Virology researcher claimed this week in an interview conducted by Chinese-born human rights activist and author Jennifer Zeng. Researcher Chao Shao asserts that the virus was deliberately engineered by China as a “bioweapon,” and that his colleagues were tasked with identifying the […]

Three global health bodies are teaming up to investigate stockpiling experimental vaccines for rare infectious diseases so the shots can be tested more quickly when outbreaks happen, a top official from vaccine alliance Gavi told Reuters. The initiative will be led by Gavi, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations […]