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According to the latest survey of Maccabi Healthcare Services, the proportion of Israelis who view their health condition as average or poor has more than doubled compared to the period before October 7. Fully 35% of adults who are insured by the country’s second-largest health fund and who suffer from chronic diseases reported a feeling […]
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Amid the tense security climate and UAV attacks from Iran, the Israeli public may experience heightened anxiety. Even for those accustomed to dealing with security threats, these feelings can intensify, potentially disrupting daily life. Distinguishing between natural fear and clinical anxiety can be challenging. This distinction can be gauged by evaluating the intensity of one’s […]
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Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis and his Israeli counterpart MK Uriel Busso signed a cooperation agreement in Jerusalem on Monday, proving that Israel still has friends in the international medical establishment. “My country, and I personally, are standing by Israel’s side in efforts to free the abductees who have been held by Hamas since October […]
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Although Israel’s birth rate is very high compared to other Western countries, the population is aging rapidly due to high-quality medical care, and life expectancy is expected to continue to rise. The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Jerusalem has just issued a report on long-term care (LTC) for the elderly and made suggestions […]
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A new approach, developed at Bar-Ilan University (BIU) in collaboration with Italian researchers, offers a potential way to intervene in an early stage of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that could potentially transform how doctors deal with this debilitating dementia. Effective and accessible treatments for this disease are urgently needed. Recent studies have revealed a paradigm shift in […]
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Dairy cows in Israel are among the most prolific milk producers in the world – but there’s always room for improvement. They require a great deal of care while living on a farm. Dairy cattle are often restrained for veterinary procedures, but retraining them can cause fear responses that can make the procedure challenging for […]
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As of July 2023, there were approximately 2.9 million apartments and residential housing units in Israel, of which approximately 2.5 million were owned, constituting approximately 70.8% of all apartments, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. About 829,000 of these apartments were for rent (approximately 28.6%), and 17,500 apartments were in private sheltered housing (around […]
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Israel’s Health Ministry is neglecting to add iodine and folic acid to table salt to minimize impaired cognitive and motor development that can cause permanent brain damage and birth defects in children, according to public health experts here and abroad. Despite success in many areas of preventive health care such as low infant mortality, it […]
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Following the outbreak of war last year, hundreds of mental health officers were drafted to help treat the mental pain experienced by soldiers, but two decided there was a more practical way to help. Meet Dush and Jonam, two medical clowns enlisted in the Home Front Rehabilitation Center, where soldiers in need of long-term mental […]
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On Election Day, Israel declared the inception of a new settlement named “Mishmar Yehuda.” During the local authority elections, Central Command Chief Yehuda Fox signed the order, initiating the settlement’s establishment. It will be situated in the northeast section of Gush Etzion, close to the community of Kidar. Shlomo Ne’eman, head of the Gush Etzion […]
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