Category: Science and Health

To get life-giving oxygen into every cell, the human body produces up to three million oxygen-carrying red blood cells – erythrocytes – every second. These are about one-quarter of all the new cells produced in the body at any one time. This process is controlled by the hormone erythropoietin, commonly known as EPO, which works […]

A strain of the H5N1 subtype of avian influenza has been found to effectively transmit between ferrets, causing deadly illness in the mammals, according to a new pre-print study by Canadian researchers. The study has not yet been peer-reviewed but has been submitted to the Nature Portfolio journal for review. In the past two years, […]

Forty-five percent of people who suffer a concussion continue to display symptoms of brain injury six months later, according to a new study. This holds true even for concussions classified as mild. The research, published Tuesday in the peer-reviewed journal Brain, sheds light on importance of understanding the long-lasting effects of concussions, even mild ones.  […]

Spring is here and everything is blooming, the sun is shining until late in the day, but this year, it seems that we’re lacking the same happiness throughout Israel. In order to achieve a happier mindset, we found these treatments that will make you feel better from the inside out. Reflexology and happiness One thing […]

Ovarian cancer ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women, accounting for more deaths than any other malignancy of the female reproductive system. A woman’s risk of getting ovarian cancer during her lifetime is about one in 78 and her lifetime chance of dying from it about one in 108. It is usually discovered when it […]

Just like every other Independence Day, new data from the Central Bureau of Statistics was published on life expectancy in Israel. It showed that by the end of 2021, the average life expectancy for women is 84.6 years and 80.5 years for men. The truth is, no matter what country you set foot in, the […]

Faith in God is supposed to promote altruistic behavior and good deeds of various kinds. But are these aimed by believers only at members of their own religious group or does it extend to helping those of a different religion? University of Illinois Chicago social psychologist Michael Pasek, psychology Prof. Jeremy Ginges at the New […]

An improved way to treat skin cancer with fewer side effects was carried out for the first time in Israel by plastic surgeons and oncologists at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center (SZMC).  The technique involves electrochemotherapy that combines the introduction of low-dose chemotherapy directly into the tumor or through the vein, along with damage to […]

Kids who face more adversity during childhood may have a higher risk for type 2 diabetes in early adulthood, according to a new study. The research, published in peer-reviewed Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes), looked at over 1.2 million Danish individuals born in 1980 through 2001 and found […]

Getting vaccines to people around the world who need them is often complicated, as many need to be put in cold storage – making it difficult to ship them to remote areas that don’t have the necessary infrastructure. Researchers at the famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)) researchers have come up with a possible solution […]