Category: Science and Health

Judaism values study — that is no surprise. But it also values engagement in the world. In the Talmud, (Berakhot 35b) there is a classic dispute: Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai says one should spend all of one’s time in Torah study, and Rabbi Yishmael says one should combine study with a worldly occupation. A later sage, Abaye, laconically […]

Most pregnant women experience symptoms such as fatigue, nausea, back pain, swelling, etc. and each woman feels differently when pregnant. One well-known problem during pregnancy, especially towards the end, is severe muscle cramps. It happens mainly at night during deep sleep when sharp pain originating in the calves of the legs pierces the body. Nurit […]

Up to two percent of adults in Europe, North America and Israel are likely have heart failure, which carries a high risk of additional serious complications and death. This high prevalence, linked health risks and costs warrant urgent action, said researchers in the Academy of Medical Sciences. The new estimates were based on digital health […]

In a powerful earthquake in Israel, each region in danger such as the northern Kinneret could have injured [and dead] numbered in each from a few thousand to close to 25,000, according to experts speaking at the Knesset Health Committee on Monday.  The patients in Israel are at full occupancy even on a daily basis. […]

Many people get sick in the winter and blame the cold for all their troubles, from the flu to winter depression.  Winter can take some of the blame, but the cold isn’t really the cause of the illnesses around us. The real culprit for catching viruses is a lack of ventilation. Let’s discuss one significant […]

After the magnitude 9 earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, many people in the eastern region of the country near the epicenter felt dizzy, precisely at a time when aftershocks didn’t really occur. Japanese researchers Yasuyuki Nomura and Teru Toi called this phenomenon “post-earthquake vertigo syndrome,” according to an article published in the […]

Want to improve your memory? Have some mushrooms. Researchers from Australia’s University of Queensland (UQ) have discovered the active compound from an edible mushroom that boosts nerve growth and enhances memory. Prof. Frederic Meunier from the Queensland Brain Institute said the team had identified new active compounds from the mushroom Hericium erinaceus, which is also […]

Safeguarding national treasures isn’t a new concept for Israelis. But Magen David Adom’s brand-new blood center in Ramle takes security to a new level. The center is an enormous facility with three underground, missile-proof levels and has been hailed as the most secure blood services center in the world. “If you come here on a […]

Representatives of 17 Israeli public health organizations sent a strong letter of protest to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich denouncing his declared intention not to raise the tax on electronic cigarettes (e-cigs). “This will lead to an unprecedented smoking epidemic in Israel, especially among teenagers,” they wrote, with copies to the chairman of the Knesset Finance […]

Situated behind the Jaffa Center light rail station is an unassuming building. The thousands who walk by it have no idea that long-standing problems are being solved on the top floor. The clinic, home to Amudim, is the result of years of work by Zvi Gluck to unpack the Jewish world’s many problems and solve […]