Category: Science and Health

It’s a common practice for hospitals to designate specific times during which visitors are allowed to visit patients under their care. Today we learn that this idea did not originate in the modern era: Rav Sheisha, son of Rav Idi, said: Let one not visit a sick person, neither during the first three hours (of […]

The number of Israelis newly infected with AIDS/HIV in 2021 was 367, according to the Health Ministry, which released its statistics for World AIDS Day on December 1. This is a 0.8% increase in the number compared to 2020. The incidence rate here thus remained stable compared to 2020 and stands at 3.9 cases per […]

The brains of adolescent teenagers have been altered physically as a result of the stress they have felt that’s been caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study conducted by Stanford University has shown. “We already know from global research that the pandemic has adversely affected mental health in youth, but we didn’t know what, […]

Human mucus covers vast areas inside the body. In the inner lining of our intestines –which are the size of a tennis court in an adult’s gut – a type of mucus keeps unwanted materials out of our internal organs while letting through the nutrients and fluids we require. Another type of this “smart slime” […]

The Bukharian Jewish community, while little known by the world’s broader Jewish population, is certainly no stranger to the kitchen. With historical exposure to multifarious global influences, from Central Asia to Eastern Europe to everything picked up along the Silk Road, Bukharian cuisine reflects profound cultural fusion while maintaining its own unique flare. Here are […]

We all occasionally get headaches and for everyone, it feels different. Sometimes the headache is from stress, sometimes it’s a migraine, women sometimes have headaches during their period, or one can get drunk and be hungover with a headache.  There are various triggers. For constant pain like migraines consult a doctor, but if you have […]

Although hardly anyone still wears a facemask anymore – even in hospitals and community health fund clinics – Health Ministry data shows a significant increase in the number of seriously ill COVID-19 patients.  There has been a rise of 41% in seriously ill hospitalized patients – to 117 – in the past week alone. Twenty-six […]

Israel’s Health Ministry was unable to determine the origin of salmonella found in Sabar’s Abu Marwan hummus, the ministry said on Wednesday evening. A team of ministry officials conducted an examination of Sabar’s Kiryat Gat factory on Wednesday after the company recalled its Hummus products from Israeli shelves. No irregularities were found, it said, according […]

When I admit I don’t pray and rarely attend synagogue services, I’m often met with wide-eyed surprise. After all, I’m a rabbi; I should be going to shul. Jews I know who don’t go to shul often excuse themselves by saying they don’t know Hebrew and can’t follow the service, or that they’re not made […]

Seven out of 10 people injured riding electric bicycles, scooters and other vehicles who were treated at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center’s emergency room didn’t wear a protective helmet. Not only have many been killed in such accidents or suffered serious orthopedic injuries, but many have suffered serious and painful harm to their face and […]