Category: Science and Health

A new coronavirus variant known as XBB.1.5 has begun taking over in the US in recent weeks, with the World Health Organization (WHO) calling it “the most transmissible variant that has been detected yet” on Wednesday. According to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), XBB.1.5 is projected to account for about 27.6% of cases […]

Who hasn’t experienced road rage? It may come in the mildest form – a curse under the breath uttered at the car that just cut you off, tailgating, or a more serious hostile action. According to research studies, we’re all at risk of being an abuser or a victim. In Israel during the past year, […]

A 50-year-old blood pressure drug called clonidine may be used to treat the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study. The findings of the peer-reviewed study, which was published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry on Thursday, could help treat people who were diagnosed with PTSD due to the COVID-19 pandemic, wars […]

The weather is cooling down and, consequently, people are beginning to catch colds which lead to stuffy noses and watery eyes. There is not a lot that can be done to entirely prevent or eliminate the winter cold or flu, but there is one thing that can help: Vitamin C. Vitamin C is an essential […]

Daniel is read less often by Jews than many others in the Hebrew Bible. Found in the section of miscellaneous writings called Ketuvim, and one of the last additions to the scriptures, it is set during the Babylonian Exile and named for the protagonist who serves as an advisor to the kings of foreign lands […]

Israeli patients suffering from multiple myeloma (a cancer of white blood cell) or amyloidosis (in which abnormal proteins build up in tissue) have improved or gone into remission with an experimental treatment of CAR-T positive cells.  The medical technology – called HBI0101, anti-BCMA CAR-T cells –was given as part of an ongoing Phase 1b clinical […]

One of the least pleasant phenomenons of the winter season is a sore throat. It is usually not fatal, but also not something you are comfortable walking around with all day. The instinctive reaction of many of us is to immediately boil water and make tea or something else hot to drink, and for good […]

Traveling to a vast array of sites is associated with improved health, a new study concludes.  But the distance of the traveler does not need to be very far, according to the research led by a UCL team. Those who travel more than 15 miles away from home more likely to report being in overall […]

We’ve discussed husbands and fiances, so it probably shouldn’t be a complete surprise that today’s daf opens with a mishnah that presents three opinions about whether a yavam (a man whose married brother died childless and who is therefore obligated to marry his widowed sister-in-law) can nullify his yevama’s vows before their levirate marriage is […]

Yesterday, the Talmud raised the possibility of a man nullifying his wife’s vows even without hearing them. Today, the rabbis take this idea to the next step. Rami bar Hama asks: A man who cannot hear, what is the halakhah with regard to nullifying vows for his wife?  Perhaps, if a man does not need to hear his wife’s vow […]