Category: Health

Prof. Asher Ben-Arieh, a leading Israeli expert on preventing, identifying, and treating child abuse, has written to the Israel Association of Journalists and leading Israeli media outlets calling on them to avoid interviews with child survivors of the Hamas terrorists’ massacre in the South. He stressed the importance of handling the stories of children […]

A commission established by Britain’s The Lancet medical journal produced a 73-page report on medical atrocities under Nazism and during the Holocaust – and their implications for today. The most comprehensive report issued to date, with 878 references, details the central role health professionals played in formulating and carrying out the antisemitic, racist, and […]

The Finance Ministry agreed to give treatment for emotional and mental problems high priority after a stormy and tense discussion on Monday in the Knesset Health Committee,  “The war created an unprecedented event in mental health, and we are again calling on the Health Ministry to coordinate among the relevant bodies in the country […]

If you are a heavy user of social media and decided that one of your New Year’s resolutions was to cut down on them to improve your emotional health, you may be in for disappointment. A new UK study has found that users who reduced their social media activity for a week saw decreases […]

Even though food products with excessive amounts of sodium chloride have been marked with red stickers by order of the Health Ministry, a look at supermarket shelves showed that salty products from canned pickles and cold cuts to pretzels and other snacks have a slew of salt. And that’s not counting the amount added […]

The US Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for the Zepbound (tirzepatide) injection, a groundbreaking injection leading to weight loss.  Tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Zepbound, is already approved under the trade name Mounjaro to be used along with diet and exercise to help improve blood sugar (glucose) in adults with type 2 […]

New evidence has shown that people with increased sensitivity to pain are also more likely to endorse values common to people of their opposite political persuasion.  We live in a time of exacerbating political polarization. Bridging the ideological divide is hard. Although some strategies have been found effective for interpersonal persuasion and interaction across […]

Sustainable nutrition represents a sophisticated fusion of healthful consumption and minimal environmental impact, ensuring nutritional security for future generations. Presently, consumers are remarkably informed about the ecological implications of their dietary choices, with a focus on intelligent eating to bolster personal well-being. A diet with objectives—whether for weight loss or maintenance—is paramount, as it […]