Category: Science and Health

No parent expects that common symptoms of illness will be more than just that. When Einat Dado Baralia’s son Shir began exhibiting symptoms that were nothing too out of the ordinary, she was ultimately blindsided when his symptoms led to a diagnosis of a fatal childhood cancer. Shir was just a toddler when he was […]

Growing up in a home with screaming or overly punitive parents is more common than many people would want to believe. On the other hand, there are parents who know how to speak to their kids in a way that shows respect while still laying out the expectations and rules of acceptable behavior in the […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) determined that Canada’s long-term elder care homes are in need of a nutritional upgrade, according to a recent study.  The study, which was conducted by researchers at Ontario’s University of Waterloo and published in the peer-reviewed journal BioMed Central Public Health, used data from 32 long-term care homes across four Canadian provinces. […]

The Health Ministry’s new national survey on the state of health and nutrition of Israeli infants presents some improvements such as trying to breastfeed immediately after birth and keeping the newborn in the mother’s room, but it also points to worrying trends, such as a decrease in the rate of exclusive breastfeeding and an increase […]

The American rock band OK Go is known for their amazing music videos, my favorite of which is “This Too Shall Pass,” which features a fantastically elaborate Rube Goldberg machine. At the beginning of the video, one band member tips over a domino, setting off a series of events featuring multiple bowling balls, a falling […]

Welcome to Tractate Sotah, in which we will explore a singular ritual by which a man who suspects his wife of adultery can put her to a supernatural test that will prove her guilt or innocence.  According to the Torah, a man who suspects his wife of infidelity, or is even so overcome with jealousy […]

If you have had a loved one who died while in hospice care, you may have received the same little booklets I did with words of encouragement for the journey through grief. As I began to peruse the first one, I was prepared to dismiss it as a collection of irrelevant platitudes. Instead, page after […]

Many people would be happy to skip the first few hours of the day and skip straight to the stage where they feel awake and that they can function normally.  Currently, most of us are used to having a tough time getting into the day and don’t think it’s possible to change our morning attitude. […]

A four-year-old girl named Ayla who lives in the West Bank town of Kalkilya suffered during the past year from repeated brain events that caused paralysis and life-threatening symptoms. No hospitals in the territories were able to diagnose her condition correctly. Suddenly, her condition continued to deteriorate, and she suffered a stroke – a rare […]