Category: Science and Health

In what is thought to be the first case of its kind anywhere in the world, a 34-year-old American man was hospitalized after swallowing a banana wrapped in a condom in the midst of a hormonal rage. In a case report published earlier in the academic journal Cureus, the patient, whose name has been withheld […]

Brain metastases are among the deadliest forms of cancers that spread (metastasize) in the body. They are two to 10 times more common than tumors of the central nervous system (CNS). Despite the progress achieved in recent years in the development of novel treatments for melanoma and breast cancer, brain metastasis remains highly lethal in […]

The Mei Hashiloah (Rabbi Mordecai Joseph Leiner, d. 1854) points to a fascinating difference between Moses and Isaac: Moses died “with his eyes undimmed” (Deuteronomy 34:7) while for Isaac, “his eyes were dim” (Genesis 27:1). The Mei Hashiloah explains that in Isaac’s life, the major events, the Akedah and the reversal of the blessing with […]

Dementia is defined as a syndrome characterized by the loss of memory, thinking, behavior, language and the ability to perform day-to-day activities. Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), which the famous Hollywood actor Bruce Willis was recently reported to have been diagnosed with, is one of the least common forms of dementia, accounting for only 2% of diagnoses. […]

Human connection is one of the most critical elements to a healthy and happy life. A new study reports that these same benefits and concepts apply for other animals, too, including young cows. The research, published in January in peer-reviewed journal JDS Communications, found that socialization with other calves and humans—even for as little as […]

A woman in east Jerusalem’s Shuafat neighborhood couldn’t find her gold ring, but doctors at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center (SZMC) did – in the food tube of her two-and-a-half-year-old toddler – and pulled it out gently after he was put under anesthesia. The child, Adam, was refusing to eat and complained of mouth pain. […]

It’s not that surprising if you’ve never heard of VEXAS. Scientists only identified this inflammatory disease in 2020. Now, research suggests that the syndrome isn’t as rare as first believed.  Researchers estimate that 15,500 people in the US over age 50 suffer from the syndrome, symptoms of which usually include unexplained fever, pneumonia, myeloma (cancer […]

A food scientist at Rutgers University in New Jersey has used a 3D printer to introduce low-fat chocolate in any shape a person could think of – the first in a line of what he calls “functional foods.” Prof. Qingrong Huang in the department of food science at the university’s School of Environmental and Biological […]

Growing evidence points to a metabolic impairment in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients, whose number worldwide is projected to reach 135 million by 2050. Neurology researchers say that AD starts to develop several decades before the onset of dementia and the deterioration of cognitive function. Reduced metabolism results from a dysfunction of the mitochondria, which produce […]

The average length of a penis has increased by a large percentage over the last three decades, according to a new study published last week. According to the study, which was published in the World Journal of Men’s Health, the average penis size has increased by 24% since 1942. Researchers from departments of urology and […]