Category: Science and Health

A collaboration agreement that will promote personalized cancer treatment based on genomic profiling for cancer patients has been signed by the Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem, the Roche-Israel pharmaceutical company and Roche’s affiliate in Massachusetts, Foundation Medicine. It will be the first such integrated model to be offered in Israel. For the first […]

Yom Kippur is a day dedicated to spiritual cleansing, the true meaning of the term kapara that is at the heart of the day. Similar to our observance of Shabbat, we refrain from all work; but on this occasion, we neither eat nor drink, and we take multiple measures to distinguish the Day of Atonement […]

Two-thirds of Americans from their late teens through their early 40s depend on their parents for some form of material support, according to a new study published by sociologists at North Carolina State University and Duke University.   The study, that found only a third of this age group were financially independent of their parents, […]

The Health Ministry has decided to allow the private Assuta-Ramat Hahayal Hospital to increase the scope of its in-vitro fertilization unit to 25 ova retrieval operations per day.  The hospital, which had been found negligent in previous case, mixing up the gametes of parents, has improved its functioning, the ministry said in a meeting with […]

The morning ritual: coffee followed by a visit to the bathroom. Sound familiar? It’s a common habit for many of us. But did you know that coffee not only provides a morning alertness boost but also stimulates your digestive system, affecting digestion rates and the absorption of various substances from food? This stimulating effect of […]

In an era marked by an increasing number of people revealing their near-death experiences and otherworldly encounters, Tina Hines stands as one such individual. She found herself in a life-altering situation when she went into cardiac arrest in February 2018. Despite the relentless efforts of her husband, Brian, to revive her, Hines remained motionless. En […]

Making tiny machines and light-controllable drugs as well as improving existing technology will be possible thanks to a new discovery by scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU), the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and Tampere University in Finland.  The new discovery enables scientists to change the shape of very-versatile molecules called azobenzene […]

In an unusual opportunity to address the UN General Assembly in New York, Health (and Interior) Minister Moshe Arbel spoke on Wednesday of the need to formulate an international tool for pandemic preparedness and response. Prior to his speech, he met with his Moroccan counterpart Prof. Khaled Ait Taleb to work on a joint statement […]

A groundbreaking study recently published in the journal “Resuscitation” unveiled an astonishing revelation—40% of individuals who underwent CPR following a cardiac arrest reported having memories, experiences, visions, dreams, or some form of awareness while unconscious. Additionally, the brain activity of some survivors exhibited signs of consciousness for up to an hour as they were resuscitated. […]

There’s a bedtime habit you must reconsider immediately. Experts are cautioning against wearing dirty socks to bed, as they’ve been found to harbor bacteria typically associated with cockroaches and their excrement. In a survey of 1,017 Brits regarding their sleep routines, experts discovered that 18% of respondents wear socks to bed. What’s even more alarming […]