Category: Science and Health

Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for alleviating pain and serving as an anesthetic. It is about 100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin as an analgesic. The opioid crisis continues to pose a grave public health concern, with synthetic […]

Certain abnormalities in white and red blood cells, which until now have not been fully understood, were discovered to be caused by a rare defect in the DOCK11 gene. Germline hemizygous loss-of-function mutations of the DOCK11 gene were, for the first time, shown to cause an inborn error of blood cellular component formation and immunity, […]

For the first time ever, surgery was performed on a fetus’s brain while it was inside the womb, and the procedure was documented in a recent study. The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Stroke on Thursday, documented the process that doctors took to repair a malformed blood vessel in the fetus’s brain. The procedure […]

Shir for Life, a non-profit organization dedicated to the battle against neuroblastoma, is coordinating a pioneering conference that will be held on  June 26 in Tel Aviv. This momentous event will assemble an array of prominent doctors from all corners of Israel and beyond, marking a significant stride in the fight against the rare but […]

Along with chocolate, kittens and puppies, babies are among the sweetest things. But did you know that kissing a newborn baby on the lips can be fatal for the newborn? Nikki Yurkutz, an expert from the infant care company “Tiny Hearts Education,” warned in the British Sun about the dangers of kissing. According to her, […]

“My life’s mission is to take my post-trauma experience and use it to help others,” states Oren Or Biton, the founder and chairman of the nonprofit Trauma4Good – the association for victims of post-trauma among security forces and rescue teams in Israel. Biton recently received the Presidential Award for Volunteerism from President Yitzhak Herzog for […]

If you thought it was enough to splash feet in soapy water in the shower, you’re wrong. In fact, you’re causing health damage by not washing your feet thoroughly. This is how to prevent problems. The mistake in the washing technique is understandable since most people don’t actually wash their feet but think that if […]

We already know that we inhale many microplastic particles into the body, but how many are they? According to new research, it’s too many. Researchers have found that people inhale the equivalent of a credit card’s worth of microplastics every week. An Australian research team says these dangerous particles accumulate in the nose and back […]

In a viral video uploaded to social media, a nutrition expert named Ali Ramadan said: “When we sleep at night on our left side, the stomach and gastric juices remain lower than the esophagus – which improves digestion and prevents heartburn. Sleeping on this side also reduces back pressure, and this is also the ideal […]

Dravet syndrome (DS) is a rare, genetic epileptic encephalopathy that gives rise to seizures that don’t respond well to seizure medications. It begins in the first year of life in a healthy infant or toddler and can include a spectrum of symptoms ranging from mild to severe. The average life expectancy of youngsters with the […]