Category: Science and Health

During the holiday season, you may have noticed yourself enjoying more meals and snacks than throughout the year. If the noshes have tasted particularly good, it’s likely because of their high salt levels. Our salt intake throughout the festive season can end up far beyond what’s needed or recommended, which according to new research could […]

A device the size of an American quarter implanted under the skin could drastically alter the course of treatment for Type-1 diabetes, a so-far incurable chronic condition that impacts many millions of people around the world.  In a study just published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, a research team led by Houston Methodist Medical […]

The ability to see flaws is both innate and easy; the crack or stain presents itself to our eye. The ability to see virtue is less easy, but practicing a vision of merit in others can change us as well. When I read the following testament, my sense is not that the author, almost 1,000 […]

Last year two cases of human chimeras made headlines. The first was singer Taylor Muhl from California who discovered that she has two types of DNA: hers and her non-existent twin sister. That is, in her mother’s case, two separate eggs were fertilized by two different sperm cells yet Taylor absorbed the genetic traits of […]

People tend to have their worst and shortest sleep between their early 30s and 50s, a new study revealed. The study, led by researchers from the University College of London, the University of East Anglia and the University of Lyon, reveals that one’s sleep duration can effectively be used to divide life into three distinct […]

In 2023, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Thursday, Dec. 7 and lasts until sundown on Friday, Dec. 15. Find a Hanukkah prep checklist here. What is Hanukkah? Hanukkah, which is Hebrew for “dedication,” is the Festival of Lights. It commemorates the victory of the Maccabees over the Syrian Greek army, and the subsequent miracle of rededicating the Holy […]

It’s a shame that there will be many fewer women in the new Israeli government for a variety of reasons; now there is a new reason proven in a study of over 300,000 people in 57 countries. On average, women are better than men at putting themselves in others’ shoes and imagining what the other […]

Pregnant women who eat a healthful Mediterranean diet were shown to have a significantly lower risk of developing preeclampsia before they give birth, a new study has shown. Preeclampsia is a serious blood pressure condition that develops during pregnancy and puts stress on the mother’s heart. Left untreated, the condition can cause serious complications like […]

Dementia is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects millions of people worldwide, mostly those aged 70 and above, but can being married protect you from it? A recent study suggests that may be the case. The condition of dementia can lead to a deterioration of cognitive function; in other words, it chips away at the […]

Since the appearance of COVID-19, viruses have gotten a very bad name in the general public. These tiny intracellular parasites of living organisms are the most numerous biological entities on Earth and cause disease in humans, livestock and crops. Along with model bacterial viruses (phages), they have been studied in detail.  But not all of […]