Category: Science and Health

I was a big fan of the board game Clue growing up. As macabre as it might be, I enjoyed moving my token around the two-dimensional mansion trying to figure out who had murdered Mr. Boddy, where the murder had taken place and what manner of death was visited upon him.   Today’s daf also tackles […]

Cattle are a major agricultural source of greenhouse gases worldwide – responsible for 50% to 60% of them – due to their diet of hay and grass, which causes flatulence. Methane is about 30 times more potent at heating up the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Each year, a single cow will belch about 100 kilograms […]

Next week, the world will mark a grim milestone: one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. For those of us living in Europe, the sense of crisis has long since passed. The initial flood of refugees has slowed to a trickle, and many Ukrainians living abroad have found ways to head back home for periods — to […]

Walk into Krakow’s Kazimierz district and you might think you’ve just teleported back to the shtetl. Once the center of Krakow’s thriving Jewish community, Kazimierz is one of the biggest attractions in Krakow today, a living ode to the town’s vibrant Jewish history. Full of quaint cobblestone streets, grand old synagogues and moving exhibits that […]

Over the years, the Health Ministry has set up committees, held discussions and initiated projects to reduce suicides of which 600 succeed and 10 times as many are attempted. Gila’s Way, a non-profit organization that promotes mental health awareness and education, has been invited to run a landmark conference on suicide prevention at the Knesset […]

In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the critical role that psychology plays in the business world. As organizations seek to improve productivity, efficiency, and profitability, they are increasingly turning to psychological knowledge and techniques to achieve these goals. Psychology can provide valuable insights into human behavior and decision-making that are fundamental to […]

When a relationship isn’t working, our instinct is often to seek couples therapy. If there’s a problem, then you should find a joint solution for it, right? Well, yes and no. Yes, it would be nice to find a common solution, but sometimes the best solution is to start with ourselves, with the mechanism that […]

A memorandum of understanding to promote innovative medical care has been announced by Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer – Israel’s largest hospital – and the government of New South Wales in Australia. The international partnership will see the hospital collaborate with the Australian state government to advance clinical care. Minister for Health Brad Hazzard […]

I’ve taken a lot of students on tours of Israel. One of the highlights has always been a trip to the Dead Sea. I can’t count the number of times I’ve stood on the shore, watching my students float on the salty water, while I hold a bag with cellphones in one hand and a […]

The feast of dairy products – Shavuot – is almost upon us, which for many people spells trouble for their stomachs. In the eighth episode of Walla’s “Nutrition on the agenda” podcast, Gil Avidor-Aloni hosted Roni Baruch, a senior dietitian in the nutrition unit and the unit for functional diseases of the digestive system at […]