Category: Science and Health

Some 18,000 Israeli youths reported feelings of distress through ERAN’s (Emotional First Aid) hotline and internet support services throughout 2021, the association revealed ahead of World Children’s Day on Sunday. ERAN said that, in the past 12 months, 12,000 Israeli children and teens reached out to the association through its internet support chat, while a […]

Finding the time to make homemade sufganiyot or sfenj is amazing for Hanukkah. But sometimes, you just can’t muster the energy for a big baking project. Or maybe you don’t even like donuts (are you okay?). Either way, I have the easiest Hanukkah dessert to try and it’s only TWO INGREDIENTS: store-bought cookie dough and […]

“If you two don’t stop fighting, I swear I’m going to stop this car and make you walk!” As the parent of two children and a carpool duty veteran, I admit to having uttered such threats in the past, albeit without following through (at least on the second part). On today’s daf, we learn the […]

Back on Nedarim 20, we encountered a mishnah that described four types of vows that can be automatically dissolved without a halakhic authority: vows of exhortation (“come to lunch or I swear I won’t eat a bite today”), vows of exaggeration (“I swear the fish was this big!”), vows made unintentionally, and vows that cannot be fulfilled due to […]

Screenings for a variety of common cancers have not returned to pre-pandemic levels, potentially leading to diagnoses later in the course of the disease when it may be more difficult to treat successfully, US data published on Thursday suggest. In 2020 – the first year of the pandemic – average rates of screening for breast […]

How should you handle a premature birth? What steps need to be taken? November 17 marks World Prematurity Day. As such, The Israel Midwives’ Association has put together some facts you need to know. Premature births are defined as a baby born before the 37th week of pregnancy. By contrast, normal birth is usually around […]

With advances in medicine, human beings on average live longer today than any preceding generation. The customary Jewish birthday greeting,  “May you live to 120,” may one day be a realistic possibility for many of us. But often with extended years come a range of life-altering changes. Those in their later years are likely to suffer from […]

You know that feeling when you’re just falling asleep, and then you feel like you’re falling – and you’re body jumps? You are not alone – it happens to 70% of people – even the healthiest – and we are here to explain why. This phenomenon is called myoclonus (myo = muscle, clonus = contraction) […]

Each year, 4000 to 5000 new breast cancer patients are diagnosed in Israel, and many need a full or partial mastectomy. This process can cause physical and emotional distress, and to ease the process, women are offered breast reconstruction after surgery.  Dr. Madah Ihab, a senior physician in the plastic surgery department at Tel Aviv […]

The ancient skin disease leprosy may have a secret benefit for humanity, as a new study shows the bacteria that causes it just might be able to regenerate and grow one of the human body’s most vital organs: The liver. The findings of this study were published in the peer-reviewed academic journal Cell Reports Medicine. […]