Category: Health

On the seventh day of Passover, according to the Midrash, Jews celebrate the crossing of the Red Sea after being liberated from slavery in Egypt.  The Children of Israel were standing at the Red Sea when they saw the Egyptian forces approaching on chariots. They cried out in panic and asked if they were taken […]

US president Harry S Truman famously said: “I don’t pass the buck…. It is my duty, as president of the United States, to make the decisions.” He even had a sign on his White House desk saying so.” But many other people in high places – including prime ministers and governments in countries like Israel […]

I have a question for you to ponder. If you had no knowledge of your age and didn’t know your birth date or other factual information, how old would you say you are, based on how old you feel? Stop and think about this for a full minute before moving on. Let’s call this number […]

Following Wegovy’s arrival in Israel, the Health Ministry has today instructed pharmacists nationwide to cease selling Ozempic for weight loss, limiting its use to diabetes patients only. Those who have begun using Ozempic for weight loss are advised to gradually transition to Wegovy. The frenzy over Ozempic in Israel began a little over two years […]

Since the monumental search engine Google was founded in 1998, it has been a running joke that instead of consulting their doctors about medical problems, many computer users go to “Dr. Google” for explanations and advice. Now, it seems, the Chinese-owned TikTok social media platform is starting to take its place – raising the possibility […]

All over the world, medical students who are women comprise nearly half of all those studying in medical schools after centuries when men were the vast majority in the profession, especially those in the most senior positions. This development is good news for a variety of reasons, including a new discovery from the University of […]

Data covering all three areas revealed that more than one in two 15-year-olds experimented with alcohol, while one in five teenagers recently used e-cigarettes, the UN health agency said, in a call for urgent preventive measures.  “The widespread use of harmful substances among children in many countries across the European Region – and beyond – […]

25 April, Cotonou/Freetown/Monrovia – In a significant step forward for malaria prevention in Africa, three countries—Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone—today launched a large-scale rollout of the life-saving malaria vaccine targeting millions of children across the three West African nations. The vaccine rollout, announced on World Malaria Day, seeks to further scale up vaccine deployment in the African […]

Ultra-processed food, which comprises up to 60% of the average adult’s daily diet in Western countries, is packed with additives that have nothing to do with nutrition. Now, a growing number of epidemiological studies suggest a link between higher consumption levels of such additives and higher risks of diabetes and other metabolic disorders. Emulsifiers – […]

The Humanly Possible joint global communication campaign aims to boost vaccination programmes around the world, with support from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “Thanks to vaccinations, more children now survive and thrive past their fifth birthday than at any other point in history,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine […]