The supply of services by educational psychologists in the schools has been neglected for two decades, and there is now a 30% shortfall in staff, Treasury officials said Wednesday at a joint session of the Knesset Health Committee and the Education, Culture, and Sports Committee. When Treasury officials promised the MKs that “a new salary […]
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Type-1 diabetes (T1D), which used to be called “juvenile diabetes” but can be diagnosed in adults as well, is an autoimmune, chronic condition caused by the failure of the pancreas to produce any or enough insulin to let glucose enter the cells properly and produce energy. Different factors including genetics can cause it, and scientists […]
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Health Ministry in Jerusalem sent inspectors to take samples of sewage in some places to determine whether the virus had spread to certain localities, but it didn’t cover all locations and was not ongoing. In the not-so-distant future, however, people in various parts of the world could be able to […]
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The horrendous Hamas terrorism against Israeli civilians on October 7 and the experiences of combat soldiers in the Gaza Strip since then are causing serious post-traumatic syndrome disorder (PTSD) among many who need expert treatment to help them recover. To cope with this, Tel Aviv University (TAU) has established a national PTSD clinic for treating […]
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Burping in public is not only embarrassing, but people who are unable to release gas from their stomach are unfortunate in other ways. The inability to burp, officially called “retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD),” is caused by the failure of the throat’s cricopharyngeal muscle to relax and allow the outward passage of gas. A burp or […]
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A groundbreaking study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has unveiled a previously unknown class of antibodies with the potential to neutralize various forms of the flu virus. The findings, published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology on Thursday, mark a significant step toward the development of more universally protective […]
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With the rains of winter, mushrooms are pushing their heads up through the ground in forests or even on lawns. Mushrooms are fungi that originate from tiny spores, and in the wild, they release their own spores that fall to the ground or are carried by the wind. They appear suddenly because of their rapid […]
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It’s not polite to pick your nose, but German scientists have dug deep into human noses to discover – for the first time – a molecule named epifadin produced by specific bacteria in the nose that has an antibiotic effect. Produced from specific strains of the bacterial species Staphylococcus epidermidis, it’s the first example of […]
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to cancel the tax on soft drinks – pushed by the ultra-Orthodox (haredi) cabinet members, especially Shas chairman Aryeh Deri, because that sector consumes a lot and claimed the tax “discriminated” against them, has caused harm to the health of both the general and the haredi population. So charged the […]
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A captivating Doctor Who episode aired during the festive season, particularly on Christmas Day, appears to be correlated with lower death rates in the subsequent year across the UK, as revealed by a study published in The BMJ’s Christmas issue. The findings shed light on the potential positive impact doctors can have by working during […]
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