Nearly 500 million people around the world suffer from type-2 diabetes, caused mostly by poor diet, obesity, and lack of physical activity, and an estimated 200 million of them are dependent on insulin therapy for their health. In addition, there are about nine million people with type-1 diabetes because their pancreas doesn’t produce any insulin […]
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Most people who undergo cosmetic surgery think “no pain, no gain” and that the discomfort will end very soon after they recover from the operation. But they are wrong. Fully one out of eight people in Norway who submitted to the scalpel of a plastic surgeon to look better said they suffer from chronic pain […]
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Yet another risk in consuming diet drinks has been discovered by researchers, as a study found a connection between the consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks, and juices with an increased risk of dangerous heart arrythmia disorders. The study was published in the medical journal Circulation. The researchers analyzed data from the British Biobank database, which includes information […]
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Hardly anyone thinks about breast cancer in men. Few are aware of it, and the male malignant tumor represents about 0.5%-1% of all breast-cancer cases. The molecular characterization of male breast cancer has received limited attention in research, mostly due to its low incidence rate. But suddenly, Israelis have started to talk a lot about […]
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No one lives a stress-free life, but too much of it can be very harmful to our health, as chronic stress can raise the risk of heart disease and strokes. It may also help cancer spread, but this work has remained a mystery and a challenge for cancer care. Chronic stress is a physiological process […]
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Huntington’s disease (HD) is a cruel, inherited, incurable, but fortunately, rare disorder that causes the progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the brain. It was named for Dr. George Huntington, who studied medicine at New York University. Rarity of the disease Huntington first encountered patients with the disease when he was eight years old while […]
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Jewish tradition views gossiping (lashon hara, or ‘evil talk’) as a great sin, even if the negative comments are true. Yisrael Meir Kagan, 19th-century Polish rabbi who became known as the Chafetz Chaim, published volumes on the harm from defaming others. The Rambam (Maimonides) describes talebearing as any statement that – if spread from one […]
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Patients with type-two diabetes are eager to find successful ways to reduce their blood sugar and control their metabolic disease. Now, UK researchers have found that 670 nanometers of red light on the backs of healthy individuals stimulated energy production within mitochondria – the tiny powerhouses within cells – leading to increased consumption of glucose. […]
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Women who want to control their reproduction generally complain that they, and not men, are responsible for avoiding pregnancy, except when males use condoms or undergo invasive vasectomy surgery. With unintended pregnancies costing billions of dollars a year in the US alone and growing limits on abortion, the socioeconomic and health benefits of improved birth […]
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One out of 10 homeless people in the US have a dog who accompanies them everywhere. Although the animals lack a warm bed, a steady food supply, regular health care, and familiar and stable surroundings, they have a warm bond with their owners and endless places to smell. Little information exists on specific intervention strategies […]
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