Category: Health

The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, or World Drug Day, is commemorated every year on June 26 and aims to increase action in achieving a drug-free world. This year’s campaign recognises that “effective drug policies must be rooted in science, research, full respect for human rights, compassion, and a deep understanding of the […]

When a child receives painkillers to relieve the discomfort from surgery, it can determine how much pain they experience. According to researchers at Bnei Zion Medical Center in Haifa, those who received them before the operation rather than after suffered less pain and had to take fewer painkillers. A separate study by a team from […]

Notably, the vast majority of these deaths were among men, with the highest prevalence in the 20-39 age group. The death rates were also highest in low-income countries and lowest in high-income countries. “Substance use severely harms individual health, increasing the risk of chronic diseases, mental health conditions, and tragically resulting in millions of preventable […]

This is significant progress compared to the 2018 figure of just six per cent, or less than half a billion people, when the ambitious target to eliminate all trans fat from the global food supply by the end of 2023 was initially set by WHO. “Trans fat elimination is attainable, affordable and life-saving, and WHO remains […]

Partaking in cannabis, a recreational and medicinal substance commonly smoked or ingested, may increase the risk of severe COVID-19, a new study published on Friday found.  The research, published in the peer-reviewed academic journal JAMA Network, found that one of the many factors increasing the risk of a severe COVID infection is smoking cannabis.  While […]

Dr. Amir Orlev, a senior cardiac catheterization specialist and director of the cardiology department at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center (SZMC), was on the way to work when he noticed a man lying on the side of the road. Nobody else paid any attention to him. He called an ambulance, drove him to the hospital, […]

The couple had gone to Maternity Hospital No. 5 in the port city of Odesa in southern Ukraine. The facility is known for its comprehensive maternity care and had earned some local fame as the birthplace of quintuplets. But, just after Ms. Chebotar delivered her baby, an air raid alarm sounded over the city, which […]