Category: Science and Health

Medical and nursing school students are regularly instructed that communicating with patients’ families is important if they want to understand the person’s background and medical history, as well as their loved ones’ involvement and feelings toward prognosis. But an internal medicine team at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer and Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty […]

The word amen is a liturgical response to hearing someone else recite a blessing or certain prayers. The Hebrew root of amen, aleph-mem-nun (אמנ), is shared with the word emunah, meaning faith or belief. Reciting amen is thus an indication that the speaker affirms the truth of what was said, an indication reflected in its […]

Obesity or excess weight has been found to significantly raise one’s risk of death by 22%-91%, far more than what scientists had initially thought, according to a new study. The researcher from the University of Colorado Boulder behind the study also determined that the risk of death from being underweight is not as substantial as […]

New York’s Yeshiva University is set to open the first specialty clinic in the US that will specifically focus on addressing Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NVLD). Millions of people worldwide suffer from NVLD. Despite this, very little specialized care is actually available. As such, this new specialty clinic, opened by the university’s Ferkauf Graduate School of […]

In recent years, wearable devices such as smartwatches have become ubiquitous “must-haves” for health-conscious people who want to monitor their heart rate, blood pressure and other vital signs. Even rings and expensive mattresses can monitor these functions. Despite the obvious benefits, certain fitness and wellness trackers could also pose serious risks for people with cardiac […]

Too much cholesterol in the blood is known to be very harmful to the body, especially the heart and blood vessels.  Cholesterol is called the silent killer because this fatty substance can build up over time without us noticing and cause dangerous blockages leading to a heart attack or stroke. So, any early warning signs […]

Tzippi Cedar doesn’t know how to draw, paint or embroider but she does know how to make and teach others to make sculptures with different-colored scarves to express their feelings. And over the decades and with advanced degrees and courses, she became an expert in using psychodrama to help the elderly, the young, the lonely […]

Scientists at the University of Virginia Health System (UVA) may have found new ways to prevent vision loss. A new peer-reviewed study published earlier this week uncovered a new focus that prevents the knotting of blood vessels attached to conditions like neo-vascular macular degeneration, proliferative diabetic retinopathy and ischemic retinal vein occlusion.  The knotting of the […]

Avid health news readers already probably already know that grapefruit can have negative effects if eaten alongside certain medications. However, they may not be aware of the studies which show that grapefruit juice combined with tonic water could be a dangerous combination for some people.  In total, close to 100 different drugs are affected by […]

A new peer-reviewed study from the Tokyo Institute of Technology has, potentially, found a natural cure for COVID-19. The study was published in the journal Plos One earlier this month. The study found that the natural amino acid called ‘5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA)’ is an effective way to reduce the expression of ACE2, which is the […]