Category: Health

Since 2018 when the UK parliament passed legislation legalising CBD, the non-psychoactive component of cannabis, sales of CBD-related products have skyrocketed. Today, you can buy CBD oil, CBD vape pens, CBD coffee, CBD muffins to go with your CBD coffee … CBD everything. And these products are often sold with various vague promises of increased […]

The sperm of an Israeli young man killed by Hamas in southern Israel was extracted and preserved by the staff of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov). Since the attacks began on October 7, dozens of families have approached the Health Ministry asking to collect the sperm of the young men killed. Dr. […]

If you like to press snooze on your alarm a few times before getting up in the morning, you’re not alone. According to some surveys, about 50%–60% of respondents report being snoozers. Despite how common hitting the snooze button is, many of us have been told that it’s the wrong thing to do – and […]

The Health Ministry and the National Insurance Institute (NII) have opened a new National Therapeutic Resilience Center to relieve anxiety and other emotional problems for victims of the war living where there is no local resilience center. People can receive individual, group, and family treatments at no cost by phone, Zoom or face-to-face in […]

Members of the Pharmaceutical Association of Israel have noticed a significant increase in the consumption of medications – both prescribed and over the counter – for anxiety, depression, or insomnia (difficulty in falling asleep or early awakenings).  Therefore, it decided to publish information about such drugs to help each patient take these medications correctly […]

Starting Sunday, elective (non-emergency) medical procedures will again be available in medical centers in the north and center of the country, the Health Ministry announced.  Ziv Medical Center in Safed and the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya are returning to elective services on condition that it is possible to reach protected areas during an […]

Dogs are as fond of toys as little children; just give them a new one and they will take possession and refuse to give it up, until they get tired of it. But a new study by psychologists at the University of Florida has found that there is something that they prefer even more […]

There are many things a person will expect to be different when moving to a new country. The language, the social norms, the cuisine – even the weather. One thing you might not expect to be different when moving abroad is your hay fever symptoms. Yet, odd as it may sound, many expats report worse […]

Trauma, as defined in professional literature, refers to exposure to a negative and terrifying event that threatens our physical and/or mental well-being. For those who have experienced them, the horrific attacks carried out by Hamas terrorists have encompassed all aspects of this definition. First of all, they violated the rule of war that innocent […]

Question from a parent: My 10-year-old daughter recently saw a video showing violent scenes of blood and gunshots at a party. She has also been exposed to partial news reports due to the constant television coverage in our home. She has been asking me questions, and I’m unsure how to best explain things to […]