Category: Science and Health

In January, it was revealed that devices for drying gel polish may damage the DNA in our hands, causing mutations. According to new research, the damage seen in the remaining cells is not always repaired, causing mutations in human cells similar to those seen in skin cancer. This study caused great concern. Yet, it should […]

There has been an 86% reduction in risk of monkeypox infection in high-risk populations in Israel – mainly homosexuals – who have been vaccinated, compared to non-vaccinated people. This was the first and most comprehensive study published so far, which tested the effectiveness of giving a single dose of the monkeypox vaccine in preventing cases […]

A gamer managed to narrowly cheat death after supposedly drinking dozens of cans of energy drinks in just 10 minutes in what he dubbed a “legendary” trick for his colleagues. As reported by The New York Post, Dr. Bernard Hsu shared this case in a YouTube video in September 2021. It has since resurfaced and […]

Recently, a lovely mom and dad came to my clinic. They told me that whenever they feel their daughter might be sad or disappointed about something, they immediately try to distract her from it, whether it’s by buying something she wants or doing something fun.  Now they found out that the girl’s good friend’s mom […]

Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center (SZMC) is the first medical center in Israel and Europe and among the first in the world to start valve catheterization to prevent heart failure. As part of an international study in which the hospital’s cardiac catheterization unit headed by Dr. Dani Dvir is taking part, patients with moderately severe […]

Toward the bottom of today’s page, we encounter this mishnah: If one says: “It is incumbent upon me to shave half a nazirite,” and another heard and said: “And I, it is incumbent upon me to shave half a nazirite,” — this one shaves a whole nazirite and that one shaves a whole nazirite. This is […]

It can be hard to turn down a drink. Even without problems related to alcohol dependency, when a friend offers you a glass of wine it can feel awkward to just say no. In fact, a number of organizations that support people committed to sobriety advocate telling a white lie — that you’re currently taking antibiotics, say, […]

A new mishnah on today’s page takes up a another case of an oddly stated nazirite vow: If one said: “This cow said: I am hereby a nazirite if I stand up,” or “This door said: I am hereby a nazirite if I am opened,” — Beit Shammai say he is a nazirite, and Beit Hillel say he […]

We’ve all been there: you’re in your bed, deep asleep and dreaming of sunny skies when suddenly, there’s a sharp pain and you get thrown back into reality. Muscle cramping, particularly leg cramping and contracting in the calf, is very common, and for some reason loves to attack specifically when we’re asleep. On Professor Rafi […]

The World Cancer Research Fund recently published a list of causes responsible for hundreds of thousands of cancer cases worldwide each year. The organization believes that healthy eating, physical activity, maintaining a healthy weight and stopping smoking can prevent about 40% of diagnoses, which is quite a number. The data comes after the publication of […]